I received a text from a 312 number just a little bit ago appearing to come from my bank, asking if I recently made a large transaction at an Arkansas WalMart. When I replied no, a call immediately came from another 312 number, purporting to be from my bank. The man sounded very official and was trying to be helpful. He said he was going to deactivate my online bank access but my debit card would still work while they "figure this out," and he was going to send me a series of texts and all he would see is either a red or green screen on his end. Weirdly he said not to verbalize anything I see on the text.
Then he sent that second text and after I said it out loud, I was like, ....yaknowwwww... Before I do that, I'm gonna just call you right back through the Wintrust customer service line.
He didn't try to stop me, said to take my time..
Called Wintrust and they said nope. Wasn't us. No such charge attempt exists. Confirmed I didn't give any information.
Anyways, dodged a bad guy. Keep your eyes open out there!