Actually received text message from 310-480-3740 stating that if needing to borrow $1500 to call. Seemed sketchy to me and just deleted it. Now wonder if whether it is one of those malicious texts that will start accessing my information and all.

I got that EXACT same message, including the last 4 on the card. Definitely a scam!

Text originated from 845-464-0992 (NY). The content was: "ILWU C.U. ALERT: Your CARD starting with 4636 has been DEACTIVATED. Please contact us at 310-480-1235."

An obvious fraud, if for no other reason that NO legitimate bank or credit agency would send such a ridiculous text in the first place. It's like getting an email from PayPal or BofA, etc., that says there's a problem with your account, and expecting you to follow the link they provide in order to obtain your personal data. Another obvious clue is the origin - unless you actually have an account with the ILWU Credit Union, why would you even consider this as legitimate?

If anyone in this day and age, after hearing over and over about these types of scam for well over a decade now, still falls for this stuff, I worry for the future....

What's pathetic is that the cell phone carriers can't seem to come up with a simple solution to block incoming messages if they don't originate from someone in your contacts list. And what's even more pathetic is that the FCC seems impotent to address these types of phone/text scams.

For those who are charged a per-text fee, there is nothing you can do to prevent the unwanted texts. Absolutely ridiculous.

Ditto, got the message @ 7:23pm 06/23/11, it originated from +15419146159

I got the same message but from 845-464-0992, telling me to call the 480 #...

got same exact message with same phone number to call back - the text came from 5419146159, text message was sent at 7:38 PM on 6/23/11
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Got a txt from this number:

"ILWU C.U. ALERT: Your CARD starting with 4636 has been DEACTIVATED.  Please contact us at 310-480-1235."

I also got the same text "ILWU C.U. ALERT: Your CARD starting with 4636 has been DEACTIVATED.  Please contact us at 310-480-1235." at 8:30 pm PDT.

Sent back a text "Oh No...what do I do now?" - probably went into the either (someone above said they called and it was deactivated phone number).

I have no idea what ILWU CU is or have a card with 4636...nor does any of my banks work in text messages. I guess there are rubes that will fall for it though...lol.

Text from +1(845) 464-0992
ILWC. ALERT: Your CARD starting with 4636 has been DEACTIVATED. Please contact us at 310-480-1235

Rcvd a text msg from 6005000013 with this same message -  Ignored it.

SCAM - Phishing a-holes!  Do not call them back, they're trying to get your CC account numbers...

It is a scam.  I have gotten tons of these card locked account frozen messages lately with local call back numbers to make it look good.

5:13pm today. I received this message too. I also checked my cards and none of them start with that number.

Just got a text from this # like the posters above. Funny since I don't have an ILWU CU account. Dumb scammers even tried to be too specific and got it wrong.

Just got a text message about my card starting with 4636 being deactivated. I called - message came on asking for my 16 digit card number. CLICK!!!!!!!

Do not call these scums from your own phone. You are identifying yourself. If you ever have to call the number out of curiosity, call from a public phone or turn on your do-no-send-# function.

I just got the same message (again)! Got it about a month ago and followed up with ILWU. C.U. about it.  Apparently this is someone trying to get your personal info to use for themselves. I really wish there was a way to stop this.  Also, I show the text as coming from (845) 464-0992. Is this where others are getting the text from?

I got the same text on 6-22-11 4:37pm.

I also got the same text "ILWU C.U. ALERT: Your CARD starting with 4636 has been DEACTIVATED.  Please contact us at 310-480-1235." at 7:10 pm PDT and ignoed it as none of my CC match.

Both my wife and I received the same Text:

"ILWU C.U. ALERT: Your CARD starting with 4636 has been DEACTIVATED.  Please contact us at 310-480-1235.

Text came from cell # 15419146159.  I called and I got a Verizon voice message saying the number had change or was disconnected.

I laso received a text with the same message at 6:16pm

Received Tex message stating my card starting with 4636 has been deactivated and to call the number back at 4:45pm pst.  Checked my cards and ignored.  Thought it was strange that it was not an 800 number.  Went online later to check it out and can see others got the text message too.