State officials warn consumers of fraudulent text-messaging scam
Officials at Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions at the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation are warning residents of a scam involving text messages that appear to come from a consumer’s bank or credit union.
The fraudulent text messages inform the consumer that there is a problem with their bank account or debit card. The scammers request account and other personal information in order to fix the nonexistent problem.
The Bureau of Financial Institutions reminds consumers to look out for this scam and not to divulge bank or credit union account numbers or other personal information by text, phone or email.
“Banks and credit unions will not text, call or email customers asking them to divulge account numbers, pins or social security numbers,” Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions Superintendent Lloyd P. LaFountain III said in a release.
The department added that the text messages don’t contain the name of any financial institution and appear randomly, without targeting specific banks.
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