So, I just received an email and text message that I had opened a savings account with a major bank I have never previously used. I didn’t open any links on the texts or email. I went to the major bank’s website directly from Google and called their fraud department. They confirmed there was an account under my name and closed it. I am filing a fraud report with the credit bureaus. I always have my credit frozen.
What is the scam here? What could some one do with a savings account linked to both my email and number?
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Why would a fraudster use your email and phone number? Wouldn’t it be better to use a dummy email and prepaid phone? Think about this logically.
You likely opened an account years ago at a smaller bank the was bough out by the major bank. Or you didn’t realize that the bank does business under different names and you are not familiar with the parent bank name.
I see this all the time at my job and I don’t think it’s fraud, it’s bad memory, sorry.
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