Thieves claiming to represent Sovereign bank are using an automated dialer and recorded message to try to steal account information.

Crooks claiming to represent Sovereign Bank are using an automated dialer and recorded message to try to steal account information — calling people so randomly that they even reached Wellesley’s police chief.

“It’s a big scam,” said Chief Terry Cunningham, who got one of the calls on his private office line. The automated dialer also tried two other Wellesley Police numbers, while dispatchers got 30 to 40 complaints from locals.

Sovereign says it began hearing about the calls yesterday from customers and non-customers alike across the Northeast.


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