NCUA E-mail Fraud
Recently, there have been multiple e-mail fraud attempts, known as "Phishing", that were initiated via e-mail sent to both the general public and to some credit union members that appeared to be from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA.) This false e-mail asked for the recipient to click on a link to verify their credit union account registration. If the recipient proceeded to do so, the link directed them to a false website and asked for their credit union account number and PIN, along with other personal information.
NCUA does not ask credit union members for such personal information. Anyone who receives an e-mail that purports to be from NCUA and asks for account information should consider it to be a fraudulent attempt to obtain their personal account data for an illegal purpose and should not follow the instructions in the e-mail.
If you responded to such an e-mail and provided any confidential account information, please notify us immediately at (989) or (800) 835-7794 or via e-mail at imc_account@dcecu.org. Additional action may be necessary to protect your account.
Formal complaints can be filed with http://www.ic3.gov.
For more information on identity theft and how to protect yourself and your account, please visit our
Fraud and Identity Theft Information Center.
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