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I first received the following text Sunday late afternoon: XxxxxxNational Bank: Did you use your car?d ? Walgreens #052 Houston,TX $455.89, Decl?ined, If you reco?gnize this activi?ty, reply YE?S If not reply N?O I immediately called my bank. While on hold to my bank the scammers called me twice. Leaving me a text saying management will call so I hung up from my bank and spoke to the scammers. Make a very long story short they wanted my bank card number. I told them they had it on file. They said they had to verify the info. I gave them the last 4 digits. They wanted all the info on my card. I said no, can’t do that! They then told me my bank was under investigation by the FBI for fraud. They explained they suspected an inside job. They told me to withdraw my money from one bank location and then go to the second bank location and withdraw my remaining balance. The scammer explained an FBI agent will be in the bank or close by “watching “ the bank employee who they suspected. I would then give the FBI agent my money and they would explain the details. I was to do this first thing Monday morning. I thanked them and hung up. Immediately I called my bank and put a request for a new card. They advised I call the 3 credit bureaus and get….(fraud alert lock). That’s what I did and went to my bank to request a new account… just in case. No money was removed and my debit card was not used