Security Alerts

1/21/10

Mystery/Secret Shopper Employment FBI E-Scams WarningA warning has been issued by the FBI regarding email and U.S. mail scams involving employment schemes pertaining to mystery/secret shopper positions. As part of the scheme, the shopper receives a check to be deposited into the employee's bank account and funds are then wired to the employer. The check is a counterfeit and the shopper is responsible for the loss. Warning 

11/12/09

Random individuals and/or companies may have received a falsified e-mail with the subject title "Rejected ACH Transaction."  This e-mail appears to be from NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association telling them that there is a problem with an ACH transaction they have originated.  The e-mail includes a link which redirects the individual to a fake web page which appears like the NACHA website and contains a link which is almost certainly executable virus with malware.  See sample below. 

Please alert any financial institution and/or company who have questions about this site and inform them that the e-mail did not originate from NACHA, the website is not that of NACHA's, and inform them to not click on the link. 

= = = = = = = Sample E-mail = = = = = = = 
From: nacha.org [mailto:report@nacha.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:25 AM
To: Doe, John
Subject: Rejected ACH transaction, please review the transaction report 

Dear bank account holder, The ACH transaction, recently initiated from your bank account, was rejected by the Electronic Payments Association. Please review the transaction report by clicking the link below:

Unauthorized ACH Transaction Report  (this is the how the link is presented)

11/10/09

Our Customer Contact Center has received several calls from people reporting suspicious voice mail.  The messages say "your credit card has been deactivated".  Do not return these phone calls.  Please remember when answering the phone, you should never give personal information to anyone, unless you have initiated the call and know who you are talking to.

10/28/09

Fraudulent Email Special Alert:
E-mails fraudulently claiming to be from the FDIC are attempting to trick recipients into installing unknown software on personal computers. These e-mails falsely indicate that recipients should download and open a "personal FDIC insurance file" to check their deposit insurance coverage. The "insurance file" may actually be a form of spyware or malicious code and may collect personal or confidential information.
Details of Special Alert  

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