I got the a text message from the same number. I called it, and it was an answering machine. I later called my bank (different phone number) and they said that the text message I received was a FRAUD. Don't call, or leave them any information.
MOSCOW POLICE DEPARTMENT
118 East 4th Street
Moscow, Idaho 83843
Tel: 208-882-COPS Fax: 208-882-4020
PRESS RELEASE
December 29, 2009
On 12-29-09 at about 4:03 pm (Pacific Standard Time) people owning cell phones with SPRINT services may have received a text message saying their Latah Federal Credit Union card had been deactivated. The message states to re-activate your card to call the number of 208-301-9136. The Moscow Police Department and the Latah Federal Credit Union asks that people not to respond to this message. This is an on going scam.
If a person calls this number you will hear an automated recording asking you to enter your pin number and account number. The person(s) on the other end can use the tones from the phone to get number a person has pushed and they will then have your card information. The telephone numbers are called possibly with an automated dialing system, much like telemarketers use. The person(s) enter an area code and the phone prefix and the computer system starts dialing random numbers and sends an automated text message.
To date, most of these messages have been sent on phones with sprint service. Again we want to ask everyone not to respond to these messages and not provide any banking information of any kind that comes to you via text or e-mail messages.
DANIEL L. WEAVER Prepared by:
Chief of Police Assistant Chief David Duke