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FRAUD
ALERT!!
In cases reported to NCUA (National Credit Union
Administration), scammers sent e-mails to credit
union members and the general public stating
that the “National Credit Union Administration
temporarily suspended your account due to fraud
attempts”. The e-mail goes on to state “to
reactivate your account call the toll free
number” provided. The e-mail is addressed as
originating from the NCUA Region 1, Albany, New
York office and the phone number to call has an
Albany area code of 518.
NCUA does not ask credit union members or the
general public for such information. Anyone who
receives an e-mail that purports to be from NCUA
and asks for account information should consider
it to be a fraudulent attempt to obtain their
personal account data for an illegal purpose and
should not follow the instructions in the
e-mail.
FRAUD
ALERT!!
April 10, 2008
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
1775 DUKE STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
The purpose of this fraud alert is to inform you
of a scam that involves unsolicited text
messages sent to cell phones. The message urges
the recipient to call a number provided for
information about account discrepancies and then
solicits individual account information and pin
numbers.
Cell phone users should be weary of unsolicited
text messages. Such messages should be deleted
and all deleted text messages should be removed,
if possible, as the perpetrators have been known
to use Spyware¹ in conjunction with their text
message solicitation.
Credit union members and personnel need to be
informed of these types of scams. Such a scam
could be used to obtain personally identifiable
information and credit union account access
information, for those who access their accounts
using their cell phones.
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