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11.30.2009 4:03 pm

Those text messages aren’t really from Vantage Credit Union

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Account holders at Bridgeton-based Vantage Credit Union are the latest in the St. Louis area to be targeted by a text-message phishing scam.

The messages warn consumers about a problem with their account, and then instructs them call a special number immediately…

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11.04.2009 11:16 am

E-mail scammers pose as assistant to Missouri treasurer Zweifel

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fraudsters trying to steal Missourians’ personal information are posing in e-mails as a state official, according to the office of Treasurer Clint Zweifel, which warned of the phishing scam Wednesday.

The phony e-mails promise to help Missourians obtain unclaimed property held by…

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04.28.2009 12:54 pm

Koster: “Smishing” scam targets customers of Rockwood Bank

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster warned Tuesday that fraudsters appear to have targeted customers of Eureka-based Rockwood Bank.

As part of a so-called  “smishing” scam — the text-message version of the common “phishing” con — bank customers get messages purporting to…

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