Scammers are spoofing Amazon at alarming rates and we want you to be aware of these fraudsters. Consumers are receiving up to 150 million robocalls per month from fraudsters claiming to be with Amazon, according to YouMail*. Fraudulent text messages are on the rise as well. In 2020, about 10 percent of all scams involved […]
WHAT IS VETERAN PENSION POACHING?* Pension poaching is financial exploitation targeting veterans and beneficiaries who are potentially eligible for VA pension benefits. Pension poaching comes in several forms but is always an attempt to de-fraud America’s heroes. Some poachers sell financial products of questionable value or charge a fee to restructure assets in order to make the veteran or beneficiary […]
Yes, we’ve all received these recorded messages claiming the person is from the Vehicle Service Center and wanting to speak with you about your auto warranty. This writer gets them a few times a day! Hang up! Don’t answer the call. The FTC has shared a great blog post* about this scam: Have you […]
Ransom Gangs Emailing Victim Customers for Leverage* – Some of the top ransomware gangs are deploying a new pressure tactic to push more victim organizations into paying an extortion demand: Emailing the victim’s customers and partners directly, warning that their data will be leaked to the dark web unless they can convince the victim firm […]
NOTICE: FMFCU is receiving reports of fraudulent texts being sent to devices asking if a purchase was made in various parts of the country. These are called smishing attempts. An example is shown below. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THESE TEXTS and DELETE THEM.
A recent new skimming device is now out in the wild to capture your card data and PIN. The skimmer looks exactly like a card reader with a PIN pad except it’s an overlay on an existing reader! Once placed on the card reader, it captures your card data and PIN when you enter it. […]
