Whitefish Bay Police Warn Of Phony BMO Harris Bank Calls

WHITEFISH BAY, WI — Authorities in Whitefish Bay are alerting the public of a cell phone scam in which the fraudsters pose as BMO Harris Bank representatives.

The Whitefish Bay Police Department says they've recently taken multiple fraud complaints of people being contacted on their cell phones by a person who says they are a representative of BMO Harris Bank. The phone number they call from has been "spoofed" to make it appear they are calling from BMO Harris Bank.

Police say the phony BMO Harris Bank representative will report there has been fraudulent activity on the customer's account and ask for their verbal pass code and user ID. If the caller is challenged they may also provide the customer's social security number and date of birth to make it appear more legitimate to persuade the customer to provide the information, police say.

If the customer provides their verbal pass code and user ID, the caller will fraudulently withdraw money from the customer's account and make changes to the customer's account without their consent.

The Whitefish Bay Police Department encourages people to never provide personal identifying information or sensitive bank account information over the phone. If you receive a phone call like this do not engage the caller and hang up, police say.