3/17/2024 0 Comments Myatt app scams![]() ![]() They handle all their correspondence through text message or email, precisely for security reasons. Matt from Arkansas called in to say he works for AT&T and says that they will never call you. Here's an article about this AT&T scam that Mike dealt with. It may require him to jump through more hoops, but it's worth having the additional protection. He also should have fraud alert set up, even though lenders may not like it. So he had everything changed and added additional codes to his credit card number to prevent them from using it. He found out that the scammers ordered a phone and SIM card while they were talking to him. Later he got a call from the real AT&T customer service to verify the activity on his account. They answered them correctly and without hesitation. Before giving them that information, though, he asked some basic trivia questions about AT&T. Mike said they asked him to participate in a survey about quality of service, told him they would put a $40 credit on his account and asked to verify his zip code and last 4 digits of his social security number. Mike was hit with an AT&T scam that hijacked his personal information with a phone call thanks to a technique known as "Spoofing." Leo says that often these scam calls are done by legitimate call centers during their "down time." That's why they sound so authentic. ![]()
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