New scam fooled even a cop... cell phone tech says they are upgrading the system, needs your billing code, did't ask for any personal info
Posted by
zeitgeist
Aug 9 '18, 02:01
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Hoquiam Police Department
7 hrs ·
Be aware the scammers are getting vey good. I got a call from the Verizon Tech support line advising Verizon was upgrading their system then sent me a code from the line I obtain my Verizon bill pay notifications. They ddid not ask for any personal information and they new my other numbers so I felt it was legit and provided them the code. They then advised me after the call to immediately reboot my phone! Thats when I was like CRAP! I just got scammed.
Sure enough go to my Verizon account and observed an order for a new Iphone X, before they changed my password.
Called the Verizon Fraud people and they confirmed this was a scam. They unregistered my account and will need to reregister in a couple of days.
I share this with you, because I am usually pretty good at sniffing out these things, but they are getting very clever and obviously have hacked Verizon's lines.
Sgt.Dayton
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