California man loses half his savings in Bank of America transfer scam
He recovered it.As we've reported, hackers have been stealing unemployment benefits off thousands of EDD debit cards during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, scammers are using the "fear" of that fraud to lure their victims. It cost one man half his life savings.
So he should have initiated a call to his bank to confirm the first call before doing anything, right? Wrong. Even that might be a scam:
So you need to call anyone other than your bank first. If that person pretends to be your bank, you know it's a fraud.
The Scary New "Delayed Disconnect" Phone Scam
Life never used to be this complicated. What went wrong?
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