Email Scam
Recently there have been numerous reports of email scams targeting financial institutions. TECU Credit Union will not send emails notifying members about suspended accounts. We report this information to members in writing. If you receive any email similar to the one below, do NOT "click here" or proceed to provide any account information. Remember....never give out any personal account information unless you are positive who the recipient of the information is. Please contact the Credit Union immediately if you are involved in a fraudulent scam.
Sample email scam:
Dear Customer,
Tech Credit Union temporarily suspended your account.
Reason: Card Number failure. We require you to complete an account
update so we can unlock your account.
To start the update process Click Here
Once you have completed the process, we will send you an email notifying that
your account is available again. After that you can access your account at any
time. The information provided will be treated in confidence and stored in our
secure database. If you fail to provide required information your account will be
automatically deleted from Tech Credit Union database.
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Lotto Scam
Recently there have been many reports of fraudulent lotto scams in the area. If anyone contacts you via phone, email, or postal mail indicating you've won a large sum of money in a foreign lottery and you don't remember purchasing or entering, IT IS A SCAM! Do NOT provide them with any financial (bank name, account number, credit card information) or personal information (social security number). There are many versions of lotto fraud and many times the "supporting" documentation to support the validity of the fraudulent scam seem quite real and believable. Just remember...if you didn't purchase the ticket or enter the contest it is more than likely that your luck of being a big winner is fraud. Click on the AlertMe icon to learn more about how to protect yourself.
Phishing Scam
Area credit unions have reported that their members are being targeted in a phishing scam involving NCUA. This scam, like many, is initiated via an email appearing to be from NCUA.
This false email asks for the recipient to click on a link to verify their credit union account registration. If the recipient proceeds, the link directs them to a false website and asks for their credit union account number and PIN, along with other personal information.
NCUA never asks credit union members for such personal information. Anyone who receives an email 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 instructions in the email.
If you or someone you know has received a fraudulent phishing email purportedly from NCUA please forward the entire email message to phishing@ncua.gov.
If you have responded to an email and feel your information has been compromised contact the credit union immediately!