Current Activity - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email

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US-CERT Current Activity

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email

Original release date: October 27, 2009 at 11:59 am
Last revised: October 27, 2009 at 11:59 am


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.

Relevant Url(s):
<http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html>

<http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/alerts/index.html>

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http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#federal_deposit_insurance_corporation_warns

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