Wells Fargo ‘Fraud Department’ Scam Tricks California Woman into Transferring $34K to Scammer
A California woman loses $34,000 from her Wells Fargo bank account because they already had all of her bank information. This is bad.
What happens when the bank’s fraud department wants to scam you?
Now scammers are calling people and posing as the fraud department, which is why people need to stay up-to-date on the latest scams.
The following scam story is why you should never blindly trust anyone that calls you claiming to be from your bank.
CA Woman Receives a Call from Wells Fargo ‘Fraud Department’
FOX 26 News reported that Faith Lee from Tulare, California received a call claiming to be from the Wells Fargo fraud department. They told her that their records showed she approved a $25,000 transaction the previous morning. What she didn’t know was that it wasn’t really her bank’s fraud department. It was a scammer posing as the fraud department. (Source: FOX 26 NEWS)
They already had all of her bank information, so Faith didn’t suspect anything suspicious.
Faith Lee said:
“They already had all of my account information so it didn’t…they weren’t asking any questions that would’ve helped them get into as they were on the phone with me.” -Faith Lee (Source: FOX 26 NEWS)
The scammer posing as the Wells Fargo fraud department told her that she would need to make a duplicate charge of the same amount, or else she would lose all of her money.
She did as she was told, and this time, she really sent the $25,000 out of her Wells Fargo bank account to the scammer. (Source: FOX 26 NEWS)
