Police warn of fake bank fraud calls that send rideshare drivers to collect cash
Anne Arundel County police say callers posing as a bank's fraud team are pressing people to withdraw cash, then sending a rideshare driver to their homes to collect it.
In short
- What happened?
- According to 92 Q, Anne Arundel County police warned of callers posing as a bank's fraud department who pressure people to withdraw cash, then send a rideshare driver to collect it from their homes.
- What was the warning sign?
- A caller demands an immediate cash withdrawal, keeps you on the line and tells you to keep it secret, even if the caller ID looks like your bank.
- What can you do?
- Hang up and contact your bank on an official number you look up yourself, then report suspected fraud to the authorities. Police say a real bank will never ask you to hand over cash.
What happened
According to 92 Q, Anne Arundel County police have warned residents about a phone scam in which criminals pretend to be bank employees. The callers say they are from the bank's fraud department and claim that someone is trying to get into the person's debit card or bank account.
The caller then pushes the person to withdraw money straight away, supposedly to protect it. Once the cash has been withdrawn, the scammers arrange for a rideshare driver to collect it from the victim's home.
Police said that in some cases the caller ID showed the same number printed on the victim's debit card, which made the call look genuine. They said the scammers rely on fear, urgency and manipulation so that people do not stop to question the instructions. Police also stressed that anyone can become a target.
Warning signs
- Demands for an immediate withdrawal or payment.
- Pressure or threats to stay on the phone.
- Instructions to keep the conversation secret.
- Requests for personal or financial information.
- A caller ID that looks right. According to the report, some victims saw their own card's number, so it is not proof of who is calling.
What families can do
- Hang up, then contact your bank using an official number that you look up yourself, such as the one on your card or the bank's website.
- Remember the police message that a genuine bank will never tell customers to hand over cash or move money to protect their account.
- Report suspected fraud to the authorities and to your bank.
- Talk this through with parents, grandparents and teenagers now, so nobody feels they must act alone in the middle of a worrying call.
- Agree a simple rule: no money leaves the house or the account until someone else in the family has been told.
Scams like this catch careful people too, and there is no shame in being caught out. If you use QuietGuard on Android, you can keep calls from people you have not named as trusted quiet and review them later in Activity. It cannot judge whether a call from a trusted number is genuine, so it works alongside, not instead of, hanging up and ringing your bank yourself.
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