BANK CUSTOMERS BEWARE OF FRAUD SCAM

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- Authorities are warning customers of one bank to beware for a fraud scam involving cell phone text messages.

According to a Lincolnton Police Department police report, officer Spencer Summers responded to Carolina Trust Bank at 901 E. Main Street Monday after bank employees said they received more than 100 phone calls about the text messages.

The messages stated that customer's bank cards had been deactivated, that the customer would have to call a special telephone number that had not been given to anyone within the bank.

The case of the text messages may stem from an incident where money may have been taken from a Lincoln account in New York.

According to Summers report, the incident may have started in New York.

Summers was later told by bank employees the number had changed to a toll-free number, but the email isn't from Carolina Trust Bank.

The text message asks customers for their 16-digit card number.

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