{"id":3851,"date":"2011-09-29T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:54","slug":"cell-phones-targeted-by-scam-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phones-targeted-by-scam-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phones Targeted by Scam Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phone-Security.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1925\" title=\"Phone Security\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phone-Security.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1925 lazyload\" title=\"Phone Security\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Phone-Security.gif\"><\/a>Scam artists are targeting owners of new and old cell phones throughout Kentucky in the United States.   Bogus text messages are being sent to cell phone users by criminals who are aiming to try and scam them out of their credit card information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Tim Karnes was one such cell phone users who was targeted but did not get scammed, but who was nonetheless shocked by the incident.   \u201cIt\u2019s your lifeline,\u201d he says of his cell phone.   \u201cWhen you go purchase a cell phone, it\u2019s private to you.\u201d  Karnes received a text message that told him that an alert had been placed on his Credit Union credit card, but he became suspicious when he dialed the phone number and was asked to type in his credit card number.    \u201cBells and whistles started going off in my head,\u201d he notes.   Instead of falling for the scam, Karnes had the sense to hang up the call and call Credit Union, who confirmed that they had not sent him the text message.   Customers at Chemco and various other credit unions in the area have also been targeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Fraudulent text messages are the new phase of what has become known as \u201cphishing\u201d, according to Reanna Hamblin-Smith from the Louisville Better Business Bureau.   Phishing is the name given by internet users to fake emails that use phony credit card or bank logos to try and trick people into giving others their bank account information.   \u201cThey can send so many texts at once, it\u2019s an easy way to scam someone,\u201d says Hamblin-Smith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam artists are targeting owners of new and old cell phones throughout Kentucky in the United States. 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