PEORIA — Southside Bank says it has received thousands of phone calls about a text-message scam that claims "deactivation" of accounts.In a news release Tuesday, Peoria police said the majority of recipients of these false text messages were not Southside Bank customers, and so far no financial losses have been reported to the department.The bank "is automatically shutting down card numbers when they are used and appear to be in fraudulent use," [...]
Southside Bank Warns Of Text-message Scam
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Tue, 11/12/2013 - 11:27am
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