OTP & verification codes

One trick per short article: what the call sounds like, what they want from you, and what to do instead.

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The OTP call: your bank and your wallet will never ask for the code

A confident voice says there is a problem with your account and asks for the code that just arrived by SMS. That code is the key to your money, and nobody official ever asks for it.

14 October 20262 min read