Just now I received a call from: (509) 630-0000, which I allowed to go to message. The following automated message was left on my voicemail:
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Hello, this message was left for you from Cashmere Valley Bank, regarding a technical failure on your debit card due to billing failures. We have introduced a temporary blockage on your account. Please call us at 1-800-245-9655 to remove this blockage.
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Huh. Well, I don’t have a debit card through CVB. In fact, I’ve had an account with them for less than a week, and that’s a loan!
I went ahead and called the 800 number given, since, well, they already have my phone number. The number resolves to a ‘CDC Federal Credit Union’..that was the second tip-off to this whole thing.
In any case, I went to go check Cashmere’s website, with the front page reporting a series of phishing attempts, of course. So, I called up the local branch, and they were really kind of confused that I might want to provide them with information of what my message entailed. Oh well, here’s a blog post instead! Also, a complaint to the FTC, though I doubt they will be able to do much.