Bogus phone calls...

August 30, 2010

There are reports of telephone calls claiming to be from Frontier Financial Group attempting to collect on checks that have been returned to Liberty Mutual for insufficient funds.

Reports claim that the callers are extremely pushy and rude. 

                      Please do not give out any information!

                                    August 4, 2010

Fraudulent emails appearing to be from American Bankers Assocation are circulating.
The email claims that an item for a large dollar amount is trying to clear your account.
The email directs you to open an attachement to enter verifying information.
Please do not respond to unknown emails or open attachements. 

                                       July 28, 2010

The National Automated Clearing House Association, (NACHA) has alerted the financial industry of a recent phishing attack where the email is purportedly sent by NACHA.

The subject line of the email states, “Unauthorized ACH Transaction.” The email contains a link to a fake web page infected with malware.

Please do not click on the link. The email and the related website are fraudulent.

Phishing emails frequently contain links to fake websites infected with malware (malicious software), such as Trojan keyloggers. Do not click on links contained in unsolicited emails from unknown parties, or from parties with whom you do not normally communicate, or that appear to be known but are suspicious or otherwise unusual.

 July 7, 2010  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received reports of a fraudulent e-mail which has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. 

The e-mail and the website it is associated with are fraudulent.  Recipients should consider this e-mail as an attempt to obtain personal or confidential information, or to load malicious software onto end users' computers.  The FDIC does not issue unsolicited e-mails to consumers.  Recipients of this e-mail should NOT click on the link.

The e-mail’s subject line reads: “you need to check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage."  The body of the email states, "You have received this message because you are a holder of a FDIC-insured bank account. Recently FDIC has officially named the bank you have opened your account with as a failed bank, thus, taking control of its assets."  The email instructs the recipient to click a link that reads, “You need to visit the official FDIC website and perform the following steps to check your Deposit Insurance Coverage."

Please exercise caution and don't respond.