Tag: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email
by IDF Agent on Oct.27, 2009, under Uncategorized
October 27, 2009
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released
information warning the public about fraudulent email messages
purporting to come from the FDIC. These email messages provides a link
to a fraudulent FDIC website. Users are then instructed to download
their “personal FDIC Insurance File.”
More information regarding these messages can be found in the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Consumer Alerts website.
Users are encouraged to take the following measures to protect
themselves from this type of phishing scam:
* Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
* Verify the website by manually typing the URL when attempting to
connect to web sites recommended in an email.
* Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
document for more information on social engineering attacks.
