Scam Alert
The Ohio Bankers League is warning about a new identity theft scam that uses the telephone to steal personal account information. Voice phishing, also known as "vishing" or "voiching" uses voice response telephone systems to deceive consumers into revealing personal data. Consumers typically receive a recorded phone message asking them to input account information using their keypad or call their "bank" regarding a security breach on their account. The "bank" number given is to the scammers not the consumer's bank. Remember that banks do not request full account numbers, routing numbers or other personal financial information by telephone or email. If you are in doubt we encourage you not to respond but to hang up and call your bank.
