Police in Council Bluffs are warning the public about another banking-related scam. Officials say a resident of the city received a telephone call from a scammer saying they wanted to talk to the head of the household. The caller wanted information and about the bank and the potential victims’ experience the last time they went to the bank.

Never give your personal information to someone who requests your banking information, and stay alert to these type of telephone calls. On Monday, many people received text messages from a business purporting to be Wells Fargo, saying the recipients’ debit or check cashing card had been suspended, and the individual should click on a website link to get more information.

Other banks were also mentioned in similar text messages. That too, was a scam to get personal information. In some cases, the people who received the message didn’t have an account with the bank in question. If a text message, e-mail or phone call seems suspicious, it probably is an attempt to scam you.