Andy Cohen Got Scammed Out Of A Lot Of Money, And It’s Kind Of Scary How It Happened

Andy Cohen was scammed out of a great deal of cash, and he shared the story on his Daddy Diaries podcast.

For those who can’t see the TikTok, let me transcribe the story for you …

“I got scammed by somebody calling stating they were scams alert from my bank,” he stated. “I did lose a card, and I put in for it, and I got an e-mail stating, ‘There may be scams on your account,’ and I resembled, ‘Oh, this is connected to the card I lost.'”

“I logged into my savings account, and it asked me for my Apple ID and password, and I resembled, ‘OK, this never ever takes place.’ I bailed, however I had actually currently logged into my bank app. I believe logging into this website provided access to my bank app.”

“I leave the dental practitioner, I get a call, and it appears as the bank’s name, and they’re like ‘it’s scams alert.’ They were calling credits and charges I had actually made due to the fact that they plainly had access to my account.”

“What I should have done is state, ‘Can I call you back?’ or ‘Can I go to the bank and manage this.” I [ended up] remaining on the line with this lady for an hour and 10 minutes. We were going through charges, and it was continuing.”‘

“At one point, she resembled, ‘I require you to participate in your phone these numbers.’ I went to the keypad, and I got in a lot of numbers, and what came onto my screen was this screen that stated I had actually established call and message forwarding on my phone.”

“She stated, ‘Oh, disregard that.’ I stated, ‘OK.’ She’s like, ‘Someone is attempting to put a charge on your card at a Walmart in Minneapolis. Do you understand this individual?’ I stated no. She stated, ‘Do you desire us to prosecute?’ And what they informed me at the bank was that they will never ever ask you if you wish to prosecute; they simply do.”

“She states, ‘I have a couple of more things to do. We’re going to call you back in 30 minutes.’ I stated, “Great, call me back.’ I never ever got a callback.”

“Then I began calling scams alert, and they’re requesting my debit card number, which I didn’t have due to the fact that my card was gone. They stated, ‘We will put you in a line and call you back.’ What I didn’t recognize was that all of my calls were being forwarded to the fraudster.”

“Now, last night, I’m getting messages that things are occurring in my account, and I’m type of going nuts. I go to the bank the next day, and these individuals wired out of 2 accounts A LOT of cash.”

“What took place was the bank called me to validate the wires that these scammers did, and due to the fact that I had actually established call forwarding, the calls went to the scammer, and they validated the wires,” he completed.

He provided recommendations to anybody who is ever in a comparable position.

“My recommendations is that if something is taking place, simply go to your bank branch! And if you get e-mails, look really carefully at the e-mail address. It may state your bank’s name, however click the name, and the e-mail address will appear, and you’ll see that it’s another address.”