> “When the representative finally answered my call, I asked them to confirm that I was on the phone with them on the other line in the call they initiated toward me, and so the rep somehow checked and saw that there was another active call with Mitch,” he said. “But as it turned out, that other call was the attackers also talking to my bank pretending to be me.”
Jesus Christ. This is some Inception-level shit. I do not operate on this many levels of meta in real life.
It's not the first time I've heard of a scam like this. Scammers are increasingly sophisticated about this, basically performing a kind of man-in-the-middle attack on the phone between you and your bank. And phone protocols aren't secure enough to deal with this.
Jesus Christ. This is some Inception-level shit. I do not operate on this many levels of meta in real life.