Current Alerts

Fraud ALERT! - April 2008
There is a new text message 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 wary of unsolicited text messages. Such messages should be deleted and all deleted test messages should be removed, if possible, as the perpetrators have been known to use Spyware* in conjunction with their text message solicitations. 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.

* Spyware is software installed on your computer or cell phone without your consent and it monitors or controls your use of the device.

 

Scam ALERT!
ACMG Federal Credit Union has been notified of a current scam that is targeted specifically at financial institutions. Here's what the criminals are trying to do:

  1. Register internet domain names that are very similar to that of a real financial insitution. For example, they might try to register a domain name of "acmgfederalcreditunion.com".
  2. They are then trying to use this bogus domain name to "spoof" or imitate the real website for a targeted financial institution.
  3. Posing as the real financial institution, these criminals are sending out mass emails to communicate that the credit union has a "new website" & would like the member's "feedback". What they are really doing, however, is phishing for & ultimately wanting to steal your confidential account information.

PLEASE BE ADVISED:

  • ACMG Federal Credit Union will never initiate a communication which asks you to reveal confidential account information
  • If you receive an email of this nature, DO NOT RESPOND & please contact the credit union immediately
  • ACMG FCU is continually monitoring this security issue & will notify you of any changes

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