Posing as a westpac service. Requests confirmation for alleged limit increase.

This is not spam. It is the Westpac verification service.

This is not a scam. It is part of Westpac's 2-stage verification of payment requests. I log into my account, tell Westpac to make a certain payment. Within a minute or two I receive an SMS from this phone number number which shows a six-digit (I think) code. I then type this code into the payment transaction that is not yet complete. Once this code has been verified by Westpac's computer, the transaction becomes authorised and is implemented. Quite a secure system - a hacker would have to have hacked into my account, and also stolen my mobile, to complete the transaction.

this is definite scam. Rang number and recorded message says this number has been disconnected. those saying it was correct westpa number are connected to the scam and trying to trick you into following message details and you loose $500.

It is definitely a scam even 6 years later they are still using the same phony mobile number. They rang me on my unlisted number which the bank has no knowledge of so whoever reckons it is not a scam go ahead and lose your money

has anyone thought of calling Westpac.!? I have received many verification codes over the years, and I'm a foundation customer, the code always arrive within a minute of the involved transaction being action-ed to allow you to 1. verify that it is you 2. for the transaction to continue to finality. One would have thought that Reverse Australia with so many calls concerning a Bank that THEY would get to the bottom of it. Or perhaps is Reverse Australia simply just an automated Computer

Caller: 0448 222 001

Received this txt message twice - IGNORE and BLOCK this number!
Enter SMS Code: 557846 to confirm payment of $1177.00 to BSB 084263 account 681729381. Never share your SMS codes. Unexpected SMS? Call 1300 655 505.

Caller: Westpac SMS Protect

Genuinely Westpac's SMS Protect mobile number used to send codes to Westpac customers as a form of 2 Factor Authentication (2FA).
Where people may be getting confused;
• If you receive this but don't bank with Westpac, it's possible you're using a recycled number from a Westpac customer
• A Westpac customer has mistakenly given Westpac their incorrect number
• Westpac's number may have been spoofed, so be diligent. Do not click on any Hyperlink within the SMS, including those highlighted, (blue characters etc) even if it appears to be Westpac's correct phone numbers. Call any contact numbers independently, by dialling the CORRECT number. There is no reason to click on anything in these SMS's.
• I can't ensure that even if you don't click on anything within these SMS's, that they haven't already caused malicious damage. I haven't quite identified that, in my long suffering journey to escape the clasps of an insidious, incessive sophisticated hit on my cyber security.

Verification code from Westpac for payment.

After receiving a message from this number and not knowing who it was from, and seeing as I did not do anything to elicit a verification code, I googled the number and the search results came up as being from Westpac. I am a Westpac client but certainly did not do anything to request this code. So, I think Westpac's number has been spoofed and deem it as a scam/fishing attempt.

Caller: Westpac

If someone has a Westpac account and transfers money to another account this is the number that they receive a text from with a code you need to enter to confirm the transaction. If you receive this but dont bank with westpac chances are you may have a recycled number that is on someones westpac file but out of date or when setting up their account they accidently miskeyed their mobile number or accidently gave the wrong number the phone number at the bottom is what you should ring if you receive this text by error and if you google it, it is a genuine westpac phone number

I was sent a message: Help us protect you against scams by not sharing your Westpac Protect SMS Codes.

Westpac transfer confirmation code. important and not spam

Westpac security service. Sends a code you need to confirm a cash transfer/payment. Legitimate service.

Caller: Westpac

I have received a number of text messages from this number which yes is a Westpac number and some are legit but a lot of them aren't. The last few I have received are asking me to enter a code to confirm payments which I never requested in the first place to accounts I have never heard of. So pays to be careful and read the message properly as some of these texts are scams.

Caller: 0448 222 001

Received SMS code from this number to access my digital card - Number is a Westpac SMS code confirmation number but I don't have a digital card and did not make this request
Called Westpac they advised my account doesn't have digital card option and there was nothing further they could do
Not sure if its a Scam or someone has given them wrong mobile number

“If you go onto the Westpac app and look in their Security Section / SMS code and token you will see that they reference the 1300 655 505 number to call.
It is a legit text message.
Other than that, look up their phone number and ring them to confirm, “

Got this message from the same number: "Enter SMS Code: 091347 to access your tax details. Never share your SMS codes. Unexpected message?"

So, not Westpac this time? Whoever it is, they are an industrious lot...

From - 0448 222 001

"Help us protect you against scams by not sharing your Westpac Protect SMS codes"

No explanation or relevant information.

If it was Westpac, then they are incompetent and time wasting with rubbish like this.

Treated as bullsh*te by me..........

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