I just got a call from a spoofed Wells Fargo number with a lady with a Filipino accent.
They first asked to confirm my name and number and asked if I made a purchase in Canada when I live in the United States on this really suspicious sounding website for $673 of CP. First of all I’ve never been to Canada nor have I ever made an account with Wells Fargo. Then they proceeded to ask me if I’ve ever been to Canada and that the account was made at a retail location, so I was a victim of identity theft. I got transferred to their “fraud department” and she said “Wells Fargo Fraud how can I help”. Don’t they usually get filled in by their colleagues if it’s a real call?
She then said I’m a victim of identity theft and that my accounts would be closed and I need to file a report with the FTC and homeland security is running an investigation on me. They also said ICAC is getting involved (internet crimes against children apparently). The weird thing is they didn’t ask for any other information like my social security etc. (maybe because I was really mean the whole time because I was suspicious) but it was very convincing.
I ended up hanging up about 10 minutes in and called Wells Fargo directly and they told me it was a scam. Be careful out there.
Edit: Appreciate everyone’s input and I’m realizing I should’ve been more vigilant, but this was my first time getting a spoof call so I didn’t know what to believe. Should’ve just hung up but now I know!