Fraud Prevention for Phone Scams - Money Tip Tuesday

<p style="text-align:left;">Dangerous fraud scams are all around us. In fact, they are getting more sophisticated and convincing by the day. If you get suspicious phone calls from your bank, stay calm and don’t panic, because you just might be getting scammed. </p> <p style="text-align:left;">Links:</p> <ul style="text-align:left;"><li>If you believe you've been scammed, you can report it right away to the authorities. Visit <a href='https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds'>usa.gov</a> for more information.</li> <li>Did you know? Triangle's <a href='https://www.trianglecu.org/home/personal/accounts/betterchecking'>Better Checking</a> account offers ID Protection that monitors your identity for fraud. </li> <li>Follow our podcast <a href='https://www.facebook.com/pg/MakingMoneyPersonalPodcast/posts/?ref=page_internal'>Facebook</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/makingmoneypersonal/'>Instagram</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/TCUpodcastMMP'>Twitter</a></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:left;">Transcript:</p> <p style="text-align:left;">Welcome to Money Tip Tuesday from the Making Money Personal podcast. </p> <p style="text-align:left;">Scammers are using more sophisticated technological tricks to get you to hand over your sensitive information. </p> <p style="text-align:left;">Some latest scams appear to be convincingly from trusted financial institutions.  </p> <p style="text-align:left;">Here’s a story about someone who recently faced a scammer claiming to be from their bank. Let’s call this person Jack.  </p> <p style="text-align:left;">One day Jack received a phone call.  </p> <p style="text-align:left;">The caller claimed to be from Jack’s bank and the caller ID even showed the bank phone number.   </p> <p style="text-align:left;">The caller said they were from the fraud department and was calling about Jack’s debit card ending in... and rattled off the correct last four digits of Jack’s debit card.  </p> <p style="text-align:left;">The caller then asked if Jack had been traveling recently and then state