FRAUD / SCAMS
New E-Mail Fraud
E-Mail fraud is also known as Phishing. In this case, a fraudster spams the Internet with e-mail claiming to be from a reputable financial institution or e-commerce site. The e-mail message urges the recipient to click on a link to update their personal file or carry out some transaction. The link takes the victim to a fake website designed to look like the real thing. However, any personal or financial information entered is routed directly to a scanner.
How To Protect Yourself From Phishing
- Be suspicious of any email that asks you to provide any personal, sensitive information, either via e-mail or at a web site
- Your Credit Union will NEVER ask for sensitive information about you in an -email
- Tell us if you think you have received a fraudulent e-mail.
Text Message Fraud
January 13, 2010
A Maine Credit Union has been notified that a phishing scam involving text messages is currently affecting their members. The text message indicates that their ATM Card has been frozen. The member is requested to call a 1-866 number to reactivate their card by entering the full 16-digit card number and their PIN. THIS IS A SCAM and one of the most recent forms of phishing attempts for personal financial information.
Community Credit Union would not attempt to contact you regarding fraud on your account through a text message. Although we are not currently experiencing this fraudulent activity with any of our member's accounts, please contact the Credit Union if you are contacted in this manner to check the validity of the information.
Are You Being Phished? - Dont Be a Victim
In a Phishing attack, a fraudster spams the Internet with e-mail claiming to be from a reputable financial institution or e-commerce site. The e-mail message urges the recipient to click on a link to update their personal file or carry out some transaction. The link takes the victim to a fake website designed to look like the real thing. However, any personal or financial information entered is routed directly to a scanner.
How To Protect Yourself From Phishing
- Be suspicious of any email that asks you to provide any personal, sensitive information, either via e-mail or at a web site
- Your Credit Union will NEVER ask for sensitive information about you in an -email
- Tell us if you think you have received a fraudulent e-mail.
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