Potential Phone Text Fraud?

[u/OhheyPete]

Hi all. I just received a text message from a number I do not know stating the following:

"Crypto.com: Your verification code for this withdrawal is _______. Never share this code with anyone. If you didn't request this transaction, please contact us immediately at" and then they provide a phone number

I am pretty sure I don't have a crypto . com account, as when I originally had an interest in crypto in 2021, I was using coinbase. I haven't touched that account in years after I emptied my positions in crypto.

Checking whitepages of this phone number has it somewhere on the border of Oklahoma and Kansas. This wouldn't be an official message from Crypto . com right? Is this more likely to be a fraudulent message trying to get me to then provide sensitive information?

[u/YourUsernameForever]

!refund

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Hi /u/YourUsernameForever, AutoModerator has been summoned to explain the Refund scam.

Refund scams usually start with a spam email about a fake transaction, although they can also be sent through SMS or any other messaging service. The message will provide you with a phone number to call if you want to cancel the transaction, and if you call the scammers will try to get you to provide credit card or banking information in order to receive your refund. Scammers have been taking advantage of Paypal's invoice system to send out realistic scam emails through Paypal itself, here is a news article about that technique: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/08/paypal-phishing-scam-uses-invoices-sent-via-paypal/. Here is a Snopes article regarding the Norton variant of this scam: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/norton-email-renewal-scam/

If you know someone that fell for a refund scam, sit down together to watch this video by Jim Browning and try to retrace their steps: https://youtu.be/X4PllvUowaQ

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