New- Text Message Phishing 

Below is an email received by Millstream Area Credit Union from the FBI.

We have already started receiving calls from members alerting us that they have received these texts. Please be cautious anytime someone asks you for your personal information, regardless of the communication avenue being utilized.

 

Hello:

Just a quick message to you from sunny Anaheim, California:

I have received numerous calls/emails about a recent deluge of scam messages being sent to cell phones around the Columbus area as both recorded messages and text messages. The caller/texter tries to get citizens to provide their personal information and/or account information to a number provided. This is a scam. All area financial institutions are being requested to notify their customers of this and other types of scams and to have the customers not respond to these messages. Customers who have received these messages
can report the information directly to the FBI at www.ic3.gov for investigation. Those who
fell for the scam and provided their personal information should go immediately to the FTC's website at www.ftc.gov/idtheft and follow the steps provided to minimize their losses and help protect their good credit. Law enforcement is working on shutting these scams down as fast as possible but the numbers provided to citizens by the scammers are taken down very quickly and replaced by new ones so it is a daunting task. Thanks for getting the word out!

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Harry W. Trombitas

Special Agent, FBI

Please Contact the Credit Union immediately if you've fallen victim to one of these scams!