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Scammer Misses Mark w/DFO

I was in Redding, Calif., on vacay when I received a cellphone message that my Wells Fargo debit card had been blocked. The message urged me to Dial 1 and then answer some questions. I immediately dialed the 800 number on the back of my debit card -- and discovered that the card had been blocked because I was rolling up debits at strange places along my vacay route. I didn't think much about the original message afterward. Today, my wife got the same message, urging her to Dial 1 and answer questions. She called the 800 number on the back and learned that the card wasn't blocked. A scammer was trying to get personal information to gain access to my debit card. Lousy jerk.

Question: Have you been the target of a scam attempt this year?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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