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by karmickoala 2446 days ago
I've recently read about a similar attack, but in Brazil.

Translated: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&u=https%3...

Original (Portuguese): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1179903474244444160.html

Same approach, they also pretended to be from the bank calling about an irregular transaction. In this scam, it seems they hijacked her home phone line. She tried to call from her cell phone, then they called back to her home phone and said all communication should be from it, to ensure she was at a different location.