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Protecting Your Bank Account From a New Contact on WeChat
Never share direct account access details with someone you've only met online. On WeChat, where the dominant catfish pattern is in-app financial features used to normalize direct money transfer requests, this applies directly: Account and routing numbers, once shared, can't meaningfully be taken back.
Steps
- 01
Refuse to share account or routing numbers regardless of the stated reason.
- 02
Use a payment app's built-in transfer feature rather than sharing raw account details, if any payment is ever appropriate at all.
- 03
Set up transaction alerts so unusual activity reaches you immediately.
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