Phishing

"Phishing" is an Internet scam that tries to trick you into giving out your personal and financial information. The "phisher" pretends to be a legitimate financial institution or credit card company. They claim that you need to "update" or "validate" your account information. Once you clink on the link you are taken to a web site that looks like a legitimate financial organization – but it isn’t. If is a web site that is set up to steal your identity information, that information is then used to conduct fraudulent transactions. Please note that your Credit Union will never ask you by the way of e-mail for any confidential or financial information. If you ever receive an e-mail from a credit union that appears to be suspicious, please contact us immediately.