Protect your financial identity by reading about the current phising, vhising, and identity theft scams here.
New: 7-30-2010 Phone Fraud: We have become aware of a current phone fraud from this number: 603-659-9999. The call states that your debit card with your financial (might identify themselfs as Federal Credit Union, or YOUR Credit Union) has been used by a 3rd party. The caller asks you to enter your 16 digit card number, pin, and expiration date to reactivate your card. If you receive a call from this number hang up. This is not a legitimate call. If you have received a phone call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
New: 7-23-2010 Phone Fraud: We have become aware of a current automated phone fraud from this number: 615-724-7999 stating that your card with your financial has been deactivated due to a security breech on the card. The call asks you to enter your 16 digit card number to reactivate your card. If you receive a call from this number hang up. This is not a legitimate call. If you have received a phone call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
New: 6-28-2010 Phone Fraud: There is a phone fraud going around coming from this number: 603-659-9999 They are trying to fool you into giving your financial information away, pretending that you need to activate your Credit Card. If you receive a call from this number hang up. If you have received a phone call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
New: 6-24-2010 Phising Scam: A phishing email attempts to fraudulently gather credit card information from you when you click on the embedded link. If you receive this email (shown below), DO NOT ENTER ANY INFORMATION, and delete it. If you have received an email like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
Due the repeated fraud attempts, your card has been deactivated. Reactivate your card using the secured MasterCard site using the link bellow: http://www.mastercardr.com/cards/cards.html?reactivate.asp Copyright 1994-2010 MasterCard. All Rights Reserved. New: 6-10-2010 Phone Fraud: There is a phone fraud going around coming from this number: 817-688-7853 They are trying to get you to activate your ATM card. If you receive a call from this number hang up. If you have received an phone call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200. New: 5-25-2010 Email Fraud: There is a email scam floating around the interent. This specific email will pretend to be someone you know who claims they have been robbed over seas and need you to forward them money. If you receive a email like this delete it. If you have given personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
New: 4-19-2010 Phone Fraud: There is a phone fraud going around coming from this number: 920-462-0528. They say their from East WI Savings Bank (Red Flag) telling us our card has been deactivated and to contact them by phone (920-462-0528) to re-activate the card. If you receive a call from this number hang up. If you have received an phone call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
New: 3-09-2010 Phone Fraud: There is a phone fraud going around coming from this number: 408-587-2103. They claim to know your Credit Card Number and are offering you a gift if your participate. If you receive a call from this number hang up. If you have received an phone call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
New: 2-10-2010 Fraud Website: This 'pop-up'website (http://server2.mediajmp.com/surveys/index.html?sub=communityfirstcu.org) is pretending to be affiliated with Community First Credit Union. Community First Credit Union is NOT affiliated with them in any way. This website will ask you 4 questions and then offer you a free product. You pay shipping, but what really happens is that they sign you up for other Internet services which you are not aware of. These pop-up windows are usually viruses that are installed on your computer. Its best practice to keep your Anti Virus software up to date, and regularly clean out your temporary Internet folder.
NEW: 2-08-10 A new phishing email attempts to fraudulently gather credit card information from you when you click on the embedded link. If you receive this email (shown below), DO NOT ENTER ANY INFORMATION, and delete it. If you have received an email like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
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1-25-10 A new phishing scam attempts to fraudently gather credit card information from you when you login to PC Home Banking. After you enter your user ID, the scam presents a page which requests your credit card information, including your number, expiration date, CVV code and PIN under the false pretense of verifying your identity. If you receive this page (shown below), DO NOT ENTER ANY INFORMATION, instead end your session and contact Community First.
Community First will NEVER ASK YOU to enter credit card information online to verify your identity. When we do need to verify your identity, our Multi-Factor Authentication System asks you a series of questions that you have selected as a means of verification as well as displaying the picture of your choice for your peace-of-mind in knowing you have securely accessed our site.
The scam is believed to be powered by a virus and particularly targets Internet Explorer. However, if you receive this message in any browser, do not enter any information, end your session and contact Community First.For your best protection, we also recommend contacting your virus protection provider or a computer professional to have your computer thoroughly scanned and cleaned of viruses.
11-23-09 Vhising Phone Scam: Automated phone call stating check card is locked. Message stats to unlock card you must dial 1-800-391-8627. This is a phone scam or Vhising Scam. If you have received a call like this and gave away personal information regarding your debit or credit card call us immediately at 830-7200.
11-18-09 Fraud Website: This 'pop-up'website (http://surveyconsumers.org/) is pretending to be affiliated with Community First Credit Union. Community First Credit Union is NOT affiliated with them in any way. This website will ask you 4 questions and then offer you a free product. You pay shipping, but what really happens is that they sign you up for other internet services which you are not aware of.
