Andy Cohenwas scammed out of a lot of money, and heshared the storyon hisDaddy Diariespodcast.
So I bailed, but I had already logged into my bank app.
I think logging into this site gave them access to my bank app."
They were naming credits and charges I had made because they clearly had access to my account."
or ‘Can I go to the bank and handle this?"
I [ended up] staying on the line with this woman for an hour and 10 minutes.
We were going through charges, and it was going on and on."’
He explained, “She said, ‘Oh, ignore that.’
So I said, ‘OK.’
She’s like, ‘Someone is trying to place a charge on your card at a Walmart in Minneapolis.
Do you know this person?’
She said, ‘Do you want us to prosecute?’
He continued, “She says, ‘I have a few more things to do.
We’re going to call you back in 30 minutes.’
I said, ‘Great, call me back.’
I never got a callback.”
They said, ‘We will put you in a queue and call you back.’
What I didn’t realize was that all of my calls were being forwarded to the scammer.”
Then Andy offered advice to anyone who is ever in a similar position.
“My advice is that if something is happening, just go to your bank branch!
And if you get emails, look very closely at the email address.
