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Watch Out for Fraudulent FDIC Emails
Posted on Aug 16, 2006 by Tom Fragala
I rarely post about phishing attacks here because there are so many of them. I tried to post summaries of weekly phishing attacks back in 2004 on my scamsafe.com blog and it quickly became pointless—there are hundreds or thousands of new scams every week sent via billions of emails. At this point just assume that every e-mail from any organization asking for personal information is a fraud.
But the FDIC today issued a consumer alert I thought worth posting.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous notifications from consumers of an e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. The "From" line of the e-mail displays the name "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" and the subject includes the phrase "IMPORTANT: Notification of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation." The e-mail states that the FDIC received an application. It says, in part:
"…from your bank to ensure your Checking or Savings account against Fraud, phishing or Identity Theft. If u agree with the following, PLEASE ENROLL in the FDIC protection system."The e-mail is fraudulent and was not sent by the FDIC. It is an attempt to obtain personal financial information from consumers.
Filed under: Identity Theft, Scams, Tips
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