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According to the Prineville Police Department, several Prineville residents have received calls regarding their credit cards and debit cards.
The automated call will ask for personal information regarding your bank accounts. The police department is uring people not to give any type of information to anyone over the phone.
If anyone has given out any personnel information, we urge you to monitor your credit reports and contact the police department.
Earlier today, the Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Hotline received a surge of complaints about telephone calls from an entity claiming to be from the Bank of the Cascades. The caller is telling consumers that their bank records have been compromised and that they need to verify the consumer’s bank account number.
This is a phishing scam. Never provide your bank account number over the phone or by email. No legitimate financial institution will call you and ask you for your bank account number or other sensitive financial information. The scammers are trying to trick consumers into turning over their bank account numbers to they can empty the bank account.
The Consumer Hotline has received more than 20 telephone calls from Central Oregon about this scam. At least one consumer fell prey to the scam and lost $515 immediately after providing their bank account number. This is a significant number of calls for such a short period of time.
Anyone who believes they have been approached by a scammer should contact the Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Hotline at 1-877-877-9392 or www.oregonattorneygeneral.gov.
