"Phishing" May Be Happening In Your Waters (June 2007) First Source Federal Credit Union, or any other legitimate financial institution, will never solicit e-mails requesting your credit union user name, password, PIN or other personal identity information. If you have received such a request and responded to it, please contact the Credit Union immediately so we may take appropriate steps to protect your accounts. Click here to find out more on Phishing

Holiday Buyers Beware: Credit Card Hangover Coming (December 2006), Americans will spend millions of dollars on credit cards this holiday season, leaving many with huge debt in the New Year. How can you avoid falling into this trap? Click here for the full story

Fixing Your Credit Score Can Be A Cinch (October 2006), Somebody else's mistake may be costing you thousands of dollars. Then again, your own mistake may be costing you thousands of dollars. Either way, rapid rescoring can help. Click here for the full story

Don't Get Taken by Bank Scams (May 2006), Like most scams, the bank examiner scam seems easy to spot, but it still manages to fool vulnerable people and swindle them out of their money. Click here for the full story

Foreign Lottery Scams (April 2006), They say you can't win if you don't play, but when it comes to foreign lotteries, you'll definitely lose. Americans lose tens of millions of dollars this way each year. Click here for the full story

Sam's Club (September 2005), a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is investigating a security breach that has exposed credit card data belonging to an unspecified number of customers who purchased gas at the wholesaler's stations between Sept. 21 and Oct. 2, 2005. Click here for the full story

CUNA Security Notification (December 2005) Credit Union National Association (CUNA) "Phished" CUNA, NOT CUNA Mutual Group, is continually being used as the subject of a phishing message targeting your credit union members to collect personal account information, plastic card numbers and passwords. CUNA is warning people who receive the e-mail not to click on the link to the fake web page, just delete the message. Link to CUNA web site with warning. Click here for the full story

Fraudulent Email: NCUA Account Review (April 2004) Recently, there have been multiple e-mail fraud attempts, known as "Phishing”, that were initiated via e-mail sent to both the general public and to some credit union members that appeared to be from NCUA. This false e-mail asked for the recipient to click on a link to verify their credit union account registration. If the recipient proceeded to do so, the link directed them to a false website and asked for their credit union account number and PIN, along with other personal information. Click here for the full story

Fictitious IRS Forms and Financial Institution Letters (April 2004) The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a nationwide alert regarding fake letters and tax forms are going to account holders in an effort to obtain personal financial information. Click here for the full story

Fraudulent Email: FDIC Warning (April 2004) Credit unions report their members are receiving emails that fraudulently claim to be from the FDIC, and these emails attempt to obtain highly sensitive personal information, including bank account information. These emails falsely indicate that FDIC deposit insurance is suspended until the requested customer information is provided. Click here for the full story

Fraudulent Email: Granite State Credit Union (2003) Please be aware of the following Phishing Scam. This e-mail has not been issued by Granite State Credit Union. An e-mail of this nature would not be sent by your credit union. This e-mail is a "phishing" attempt to get personal information. It is important that you DO NOT disclose any personal identification or account information via e-mail. Click here for the full story

VISA® Cardholders (March 2002) Visa USA Fraud Control has learned of a scam designed to obtain cardholders personal data and account information. Visa reports this activity in Canada, but suspects it may spread to the United States. Click here for the full story

Fraudulent Email: Lottery Scams Have you or someone you know suddenly been receiving e-mails and letters from legitimate sounding lottery organizations that assure you that you are a winner in a lottery drawing recently held? Do they mention that you're in line to receive hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of dollars? This is an old scam, but every time there is a large multi-state “Power Ball” jackpot, the intensity picks up. The prize money varies from e-mail to e-mail. You may even receive an “official check” to deposit, drawn on a foreign bank. The official check may be dated in the future, counterfeit, or drawn on a non-existent financial institution. Click here for the full story

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