Several Credit Union members have been contacted by an unknown party, requesting the member to verify the account number and expiration date of their card, through the use of a toll free automated phone system.
Credit union members are receiving VoIP scam calls that are automated and insistent that the cardholder call a toll free number to update important financial information. Once the toll free number is dialed an automated phone system asks for the card number, PIN and expiration date. VoIP lines are telephone systems that utilize the internet instead of traditional telephone land lines to deliver communication services. The low cost of VoIP lines and relative ease with which they are obtained have led Phishers to quickly adopt this evolving technology to attack consumers on an entirely new level.
