Fraud alert: Don’t get scammed!

If you receive an e-mail that appears to be from NAFCU (National Association of Federal Credit Unions) and instructs you to go online to provide or verify or confirm financial or sensitive personal information, don’t believe it: NAFCU will never send you an e-mail asking for your credit- or debit-card, credit union or bank account information, Social Security number, login information (such as a PIN) or similarly sensitive data.

NAFCU’s name, logo, and other graphics have been used fraudulently in numerous “phishing” e-mails aimed at tricking people into providing sensitive financial and personal data on replicated Web sites. Giving these phishers your account and other sensitive information may expose you to identity theft and other types of fraud. If you have already complied with a phishing e-mail, you should contact the institution where you maintain your account and have the information changed immediately.

NAFCU has reported the phishing e-mail activity to the Internet Crime Complaint Center run by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.

If you want to verify that the e-mail you've received is fraudulent, you may send an e-mail to abuse@nafcu.org, or dial 703-522-4775, ext. 263. To report the incident to law enforcement, visit the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.

Information compromised?

If your account or sensitive personal identifying information has been accessed without your authorization, contact your financial service provider. More information can be found, and complaints may be filed, at these federal agency Web sites:

Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov/idtheft

Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC)
www.ic3.gov

ICCC frequently asked questions
www.ic3.gov/faq/