Phishing spam email I rec’d Tuesday:
Dear Member,
This is your official notification from USF Federal Credit Union that the service listed
below will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately. Previous notifications have been sent to the Billing Contact assigned to this account. As the Primary Contact, you must renew the service listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted.Renew Now your cyberteller account access and cyberpay bill payment services.
SERVICE: Online Services
EXPIRATION: April, 18 2007Thank you for using cyberpay bill payment service. We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.
USF Federal Credit Union Member Services
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IMPORTANT MEMBER SERVICE INFORMATION
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© Copyright 2001-2007, USF Federal Credit Union. All Rights Reserved.
The email includes links to a scam site. If you are a member of the USF credit union, you know to access your account via the correct url: https://hbs.creditunion.usf.edu/. They also can tell you a bit more about phishing.
Jason
2 years ago
I have heard of similar emails with Bank Of America as well. Any bank or credit union will not be likely to contact you in such a way.
Take the time to call and confirm the email or stop in at a branch to see if they really need to talk with you.