My mother in law (in Australia) got stung yesterday by the phone call "about a suspect
Thousands of dollars extracted from her account.
Her sister in law fell for the same scam last year. Both intelligent people.
Facilited by excessively rapid clearing of funds to transfer on overseas, and by telephone companies letting overseas scammers appear local.
If the bank calls you unexpectedly:
- Never read them a security/ verification code they "send" you - it's the scammers triggering verification & you are giving it to them. This is true for phone companies too.
-never install "security software" or "access software" or anything else they ask you to install. This is true for your phone, internet & conputer companies too.
-immediately call the bank using the phone number on a card or statement & tell them what happened. The sooner, the better the chance of the money still being in the same country.