DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A new phone scam is targeting people and their wallets across the nation.
Over the last few weeks, there has been an uptick in fraudulent telephone calls from people impersonating financial institutions. The scam is called “banking spoof calls.”
When a scammer makes one of the calls, the name of a bank branch or financial company is shown on the recipient’s Caller ID. The scammer is spoofing the phone number, meaning it’s not really coming from the bank, although it appears as it is…