May 2025 Security Newsletter
May 16, 2025Topics include: Top scams of the summer to be on the look out for and helpful tips to protect yourself.
FMFCU March 2025 Security Newsletter
March 21, 2025Topics include: Generative AI Voice cloning scams – what are the signs and how to protect yourself. Also, we show you how to avoid becoming the target of AI investment scams.
Keep Your Eyes Open for Scams this Tax Season!
March 4, 2025Thousands of people have lost millions of dollars and their personal information to tax scams. Scammers target taxpayers by posing as the IRS through the regular mail, telephone, or email to set up individuals, businesses, payroll and tax professionals.* It is important to remember that The IRS doesn’t initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text […]
FBI Warns Criminal Use of Generative AI for Financial Fraud
December 6, 2024The FBI is warning the public that criminals exploit generative artificial intelligence (AI) to commit fraud on a larger scale which increases the believability of their schemes. Generative AI reduces the time and effort criminals must expend to deceive their targets. Generative AI takes what it has learned from examples input by a user and […]
FMFCU Imposters Now Use FaceTime to Trick Members
November 26, 2024FMFCU has been informed of a new twist to FMFCU Imposter Calls: Using FaceTime. Members are first receiving a text that their account or debit card has been compromised. When the fraudster then calls pretending to be an FMFCU representative, the member is provided with a Security Access Code (SAC). Then, the fraudster requests to […]
Avoid Sending Checks through U.S Postal Mailboxes
November 8, 2024In the past several months, check fraud through the mail continues to rise. It is important to understand the risks involved before choosing to send payments through the mail. Ways fraudsters are obtaining checks through the mail:* Fishing – an old-fashioned, but proven effective, method which they will attach something sticky to a weighted object […]