Got phished through a fake banking alert on my phone last Tuesday

I was standing in my driveway checking what I thought was a Chase fraud alert and entered my login info before realizing the URL was off by one letter. Ended up having to freeze my accounts and spend 3 hours on the phone with their fraud department. Has anyone else seen these smishing scams getting scarily convincing lately?

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sam_harris688d agoMost Upvoted

Got phished through a fake banking alert" - same thing happened to me with Wells Fargo last month, total nightmare.

margaret_lane8d ago

My aunt got hit with the same scam. She clicked the link and put in her whole account number. Bank froze everything for two weeks. She couldn't pay her electric bill. The real kicker - the fake alert said she'd be locked out if she didn't verify within an hour. That pressure is what gets people.