'Discover/SSN' alert

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."

Posted on Aug 25, 2023 10:10 AM

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Posted on Aug 25, 2023 5:06 PM

call Discover, I just did and they said it's likely fake. I wouldn't click the link in the text either.

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Aug 31, 2023 9:00 AM in response to vdamone44

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.

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Aug 31, 2023 1:07 PM in response to Bisonmann

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.



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Sep 6, 2023 10:40 AM in response to digiJayJay

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.

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