# Getting lots of spam texts about my bank account.  Should I do anything?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696 "2018-08-16T00:12:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696/1 "2018-08-16T00:12:01Z")

</div>

Every now and then, I would get some texts, obvious spam, that asked my to reverify my banking info by clicking on a link. I used to just ignore them. But in the last week or so, I’ve been getting them almost every day. Today, I got 2 of them. Should I be worried about this? Should I do something?

The texts typically say:

(Mobile Banking Suspended) http://“obvious spam web site pasted here” Account Suspended.  
There is no phone number listed, just “customer-service-registered@secure.netlinks…”

I did go into my bank a few days ago just to make sure nothing was wrong with my account, and they had nothing to tell me other than that the messages weren’t from them, which I was certain of already.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696/2 "2018-08-16T02:30:44Z")

</div>

Just block the number. And then block the next numbers that will inevitably follow. If your bank says all is good, then it is all about they found a working phone number and nothing to do with you.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696/3 "2018-08-16T05:36:40Z")

</div>

> [@steatopygia](#):
>
> Just block the number. And then block the next numbers that will inevitably follow.

Good advice, and yes I already did that. Every time.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696/4 "2018-08-16T05:39:54Z")

</div>

Don’t worry. I just checked your account and most of your money is stilll there.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-lots-of-spam-texts-about-my-bank-account-should-i-do-anything/819696/5 "2018-08-16T13:54:27Z")

</div>

> [@TriPolar](#):
>
> Don’t worry. I just checked your account and most of your money is stilll there.

Thanks. That’s a tremendous relief. 🙂