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		throw8383833jj on July 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on... Don't verify anything. Just call the bank back using a phone number you can verify with 100% certainty.

bobthepanda on July 6, 2022 [–]

Banks themselves go out of their way to say that they will never, ever proactively call you for something like that. At least in the US.

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