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Your Debit Card is not Locked

By , About.com GuideDecember 20, 2011

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A recent scam involves a wave of text messages telling you that "your debit card has been locked." You're asked to call a number in the message to get things cleared up.

As you might imagine, making that call will lead to problems. Somebody will ask for your personal and financial information, which will be used in an attempt to steal your identity.

Messages like this may or may not be fake. If the message contains information specific to you (such as your first name or the last few digits of your account number) it's more likely to be true -- but not necessarily. Use caution and contact the bank at a number you know is legitimate (get that number from the back of your debit card or from the bank's official website). [via Consumerist]

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