ONLINE AND MOBILE PRIVACY AND SECURITY
As reports of scams and fraud attempts continue to increase, we want to ensure all members stay educated and alert to avoid becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft.
Your online accounts, computer, and phone hold a lot of personal and financial information.
Protect your devices and accounts by:
- Frequently changing passwords and passcodes
- Turning on multi-factor authentication
- Keeping security software, operating systems, and internet browsers up-to-date
- Backing up important information as frequently as possible
Ways to avoid potential social networking fraud:
- Do not share live location
- Lessen the amount of information in “about” section
- Regulate privacy settings
- Do not accept requests from people you do not recognize
- Stay educated on the latest types of scams
- Reevaluate your “friends” or “connections” list
Smishing is a form of phishing, but sent through text messages. In a smishing attempt, a scammer will likely:
- Purport to be from the credit union or a reputable company
- Use persuasion to click into links or respond
- Claim there has been suspicious account activity
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