We currently have reports of fraudulent phone calls being received by our members coming from what appears to be our Member Service Center number (610-325-5100) or some of our branch locations. Members are not receiving a text message or email first– it’s a direct call. The caller is stating there are fraudulent charges being attempted […]
The F.B.I. has issued a warning about the growing number of “SIM swap” scams that essentially steal someone’s cellphone number to hack their personal data. In 2021 alone, the FBI received 1,611 SIM-swapping complaints, with adjusted losses totaling more than $68 million.* A “SIM swap” scam occurs when a criminal acquires a mobile phone’s SIM […]
Love happens year-round, not only on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, romance scams are the same. In 2021, it was reported that $547 million were sent to online romance scammers last year. While many say they were contacted on a dating app, a third of those who lost money from romance scammers were through unexpected private messages […]
Don’t order your free COVID-19 tests from anywhere but the government’s website. Demand for at-home COVID tests has surged along with the highly contagious omicron variant. Now cybercriminals are trying to take advantage of people searching for those kits by using scam emails to lure them to fake websites that steal credit card and other […]
There’s a new spin on scammers asking people to pay with cryptocurrency. It involves an impersonator, a QR code, and a trip to a store (directed by a scammer on the phone) to send your money to them through a cryptocurrency ATM. It works like this: someone might call pretending to be from the government, […]
The FTC recently released this excellent article. According to the newest Data Spotlight, 40,000 people reported losing a whopping $148 million in gift cards to scammers during the first nine months of 2021. Those are staggering numbers which have increased each year for the past several years. Since 2018, gift cards have been the most […]
