Area code blocked for privacy but it is spoofed from my phones number which I have not lived there in many years

  • towerful@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    Are you 100% sure it was a form from a bank?
    Everything stinks of a scammers phishing form, leading to scammer calls.

    I expect the only time a bank is going to want your phone number is when you initially sign up with them. After that, they should know who you are and your contact details.

    I almost got caught out by a “sorry we missed you” delivery message, until it was asking for my date of birth.
    Some of these random emails and SMS can catch you off-guard and seem legit

    • Thatoneguy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      3 months ago

      No this was legit. This was a mortgage inquiry form on their website and one of their lone officers called me soon after

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      3 months ago

      I had an employer that uses Santander for pension, within a day of them adding my info into Santanders systems my email that has never gotten spam before in over 10 years (custom domain, only every used for government stuff or employment stuff) got 20-30 spam emails. It keeps getting 10 or so a day since then.

      Big banks WILL sell your info.