NCUA Cautions Consumers about Phishing Scam

National Credit Union Administration has expressed concern that end-users could get victimized with one fresh phishing campaign, which masquerades as the regulator by copying its name and online site, published cujournal.com dated March 17, 2015.

It maybe noted that the Virginia, USA headquartered NCUA works like one independent federal organization that US Congress has created for controlling the credit unions of federal rank.

Lately NCUA stated that many reports had come to it regarding a phishing campaign which resorted to one website having the logo and design exactly like its own so as for defrauding end-users into transferring money or revealing information.

The fraudulent e-mails are spoofed to look like NCUA messages that seem as emerging in Australia, however, state the agency provides services within Europe, USA and other countries. According to NCUA, consumers are being cautioned that the e-mails and the administration aren't in any manner linked. Specifically, the phishing e-mails that try convincing end-users towards giving their login information, account numbers, and Social Security Numbers (SSN) aren't from NCUA.

It (the administration) has advised everyone who gets the above phishing e-mails for contacting the fraud hotline phone-number of NCUA while inform IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center) an alliance joining National White Collar Crime Center to FBI.

Worryingly, the above type of phishing attacks is numerous that pose one huge threat to Internauts, remark security analysts.

According to them, following are certain easy suggestions for aborting phishing attacks. First, hackers commonly use an urgency tactic to make victims reveal personal information regarding any kind of account like bank account, credit or debit card account, password for an account or SSN similar to the above instance. This tactic is to get the victim follow a malevolent web-address else open an attachment designed for contaminating his PC else capturing his secret data. Hence, it's suggested that such web-links/attachments mustn't be clicked/viewed.

Secondly, all legitimate brands, companies or agencies wouldn't ever contact customers through e-mail, like within the aforementioned instance. Actually, NCUA too states that it won't ever communicate with members asking for financial or other personal information, while if it does, that would be through postal mail.

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