Unexpected calls, texts, social media posts, or emails where someone asks you to send money, provide your account information, or give them access to your device. Scammers impersonating tech support companies, government agencies, and even Wells Fargo to pressure you to act right away. Don’t...
Scammers create fake social media posts and profiles to entice you to share your personal or financial information. The profile may use a real company’s name or logo, and often links to a fake website where you’re asked to enter your checking account or credit card number, Social Securit...
Using online dating sites and apps, social media, and chat rooms, scammers create fake profiles. After gaining your trust, they request money for a hardship, ask you to open an account or deposit checks on their behalf, or direct you to invest in cryptocurrency or other business opportuniti...
I changed my direct deposit paycheck to go to my new Wells Fargo checking account, and received my first direct deposit paycheck on November 15, 2023. This amount was also over the threshold to qualify me for the new account bonus. The bonus was deposited into my account on January 29th, ...
Using online dating sites and apps, social media, and chat rooms, scammers create fake profiles. After gaining your trust, they request money for a hardship, ask you to open an account or deposit checks on their behalf, or direct you to invest in cryptocurrency or other business opportunities...
For all of you who bank with Wells Fargo, if you receive an unexpected robocall informing you that Wells Fargo has put a hold on your account, or that they’ve run into an issue with your account, we advise you to hang up now! Targeting Wells Fargo customers across the nation, scam...
CBS4 viewers who were victims of the scam said they don't feel that way. "It does not feel random to me," said Barbara Webb, another person who was contacted. "How people would know that I have an account with Wells Fargo?" Rader said. ...
Did anyone with Wells Fargo randomly have the bank take out money for some debit card pending correction transactions? I asked around online in a Wells Fargo forum and people are saying the same thing happened to them and the wait time to call for support is almost 2 hours....
The back story is that Wells Fargo employees were involved in a fake bank account scam that saw them set up unauthorized accounts and transfer customers’ funds from legitimate accounts to the newly-created ones without customer knowledge or consent. And the point? Additional bank fees of course...
The movement of customer’s funds from these fake bank accounts led to a series of substantially high overdraft fees, which are one-time fees charged by the bank for each bank account, if, and when, an account balance reaches below zero. After the incident, millions of Wells Fa...