DCECU Fraud Alert

Recently, DCECU has received several reports of members who have received a phone call from the "National Verification Service" on behalf of Dow Chemical Employees' Credit Union requesting to update their account number information and asking for the last check number written.

This activity is an old-fashioned form of "phishing" which is essentially a fancy term for thieves "fishing" for private financial information. To find out more about this crime and how to protect yourself, please refer to the brochure on this topic on the DCECU Web site at http://www.dcecu.org/PhishBrochure-Web.pdf.

*Update - December 2, 2005* These fraudulent calls continue with a new twist. Members who have received calls are now being informed that their account numbers may have been published on public merchant websites and the “National Verification Service” is calling to verify their accounts have not been compromised. The caller asks for the name of your financial institution along with your account number. Once again, PLEASE DO NOT give any account number information over the telephone.

Please be advised that DCECU HAS NOT initiated these phone calls. PLEASE DO NOT give any personal or account number information over the phone, on the Internet or via e-mail in response to an unsolicited request. DCECU will never contact you for this information. Should you be contacted in a similar manner, please contact us at 989.835.7794 or 800.835.7794.

For more information on identity theft and how to protect yourself and your account, please visit our Fraud and Identity Theft Information Center.