A rash of cell phone text messages claiming to be from banks or credit card providers has prompted a warning from the Yolo County District Attorney's Office. This type of scam is known as "Vishing" and involves crooks sending out thousands of e-mails to cell phones that may appear to be from the bank, credit union or credit card provider. The messages usually say that there is some type of problem with the account, credit or debit card and asks the cell-phone owner to call the number provided to "verify" or "reactivate" the account. Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Raven warns people to be aware that caller ID can be manipulated and "the number or name showing on your phone may not be legitimate." Recently, an 80-year-old Knights Landing resident reported she received four Vishing text messages on her cell phone in one day, Raven stated. The text messages urged her to contact her bank immediately and provided a phone number she could call back. "Fortunately she recognized this as a possible scam, but just to make sure she called her own bank using a number she knows is correct and verified that her account had no problems," Raven reported. Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig advises consumers to "never release your personal identifying information like bank and credit card account numbers, Social Security numbers or secret passwords in response to an unsolicited request of any kind. Be very cautious.
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