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I received this SMS message today. (obviously an attempted hack.) The '37353' was a clickable link.
"Discover SSN Inquiry&New Account Alert: Hi! From our new SSN/New Account/Inquiry alert number. All your SSN/New Account/Inquiry alerts will now come from 37353. There were no additional changes and again no action needed from you. More details discover.com/text-migration Text STOP to quit ALL Discover text alerts. Message & data rates may apply. Frequency may vary."
call Discover, I just did and they said it's likely fake. I wouldn't click the link in the text either.
call Discover, I just did and they said it's likely fake. I wouldn't click the link in the text either.
I received the same text alert and called Discover. It is legit
I got the text and called the discover card fraud dept. They told me to delete the text and report as junk.
Same
11:46am eastern
Discover SSN Inquiry&New Account Alert: Hi! From our new SSN/New Account/Inquiry alert number. All your SSN/New Account/Inquiry alerts will now come from 37353. There were no additional changes and again no action needed from you. More details discover.com/text-migration Text STOP to quit ALL Discover text alerts. Message & data rates may apply. Frequency may vary.
its not Discover. I wonder how many people clicked and what happened.
I suspect it is valid.
I copied the URL, pasted in a browser, it went to discover.com and a landing page that said discover.com.
a) Safari has protection against a domain that is one thing and displays another.
b) I use 1Password, it didn’t have any Watchtower alarm on the URL
c) I went to the Discover app, used Face recognition to get in and the same offer was on page 2
d) poor UX. If it said using your card ending in xxxx, and since you have already activated FICO watch, you will get notices from. xxxxxxx. I usually add those codes to my contacts so it shows up in iMessage with originator
e) to get those 5 digit text codes is much more expensive than a fake URL. probably valid if you have a Discover card.
I applied for a new Chase card.
Was notified by Discover on the same 'short code':
Discover Alert: New inquiry on your Experian(R) credit report. Visitxxxxxxxx Text STOP to Quit, HELP for info. Msg&Data Rates May Apply.
Googling the short code brought up the Discover Privacy pages.
Sadly, the Marketing departments in many companies do a poor job of keeping their Help Desks in the loop.
I just got the same text alert as well on 8/25/23 at 11:49am EST curious if anyone else got it at the exact same time? I’m calling discover to have them verify my SS and account details.
Perhaps you should actually call Discover.
I just received the same text 8/31/2023. Obviously a scam.
Fake. Saw the alert today (9/6), logged in to my Discover account using my normal way of logging in (not the text link), and there have been no new alerts from Discover since Feb 2023.
'Discover/SSN' alert
