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Fraud Alerts

Stay current on the latest fraud and security alerts. These alerts are published to keep our members informed of potential suspicious and fraudulent activities.

For a brief definition of verbiage that is used regarding identity theft and security click here.

Date	Description
5/16/2013	There was a false email sent to a number of people claiming to be from Walmart.com. Click here for details.
4/25/2013	Increase in Fraudulent Charities Prompted by Boston Marathon Tragedy. Click here for more information.
4/24/2013	Members of other credit unions are receiving fraudulent checks from Citibank. Click here for more details.
7/19/2012	A member received a notice that appeared to be from NECU regarding a data breach. This is a phishing scam. Click here for full details.
7/5/2012	Scam artists are contacting people through telephone calls, fliers, social media and text messages with claims that President Obama is providing credits or applying payments to utility bills. Click here to learn more.
2/14/2012	Members of other credit unions are getting calls regarding blocked or deactivated debit or credit cards. Click here for more details.
11/7/2011	International "Black Money" Scheme Has Victims in NH
9/12/2011	Calls being received regarding blocks or deactivated debit or credit cards. Click here for more details.
8/22/2011	Members have reported recent telephone activity that may be a potential scam. Guard your information.
7/21/2011	Never Give Out Your Personal Information. New phishing and smishing attacks.
5/13/2011	Click here to learn more about the compromise at Michaels.
4/27/2011	Possibility of 77 million users personal information compromised.
4/5/2011	Data security breach at Epsilon leads to compromised customer e-mail addresses of major retailers.
3/8/2011	Maine Attorney General William J. Schneider warns about an increasingly common scam...
1/19/2011	E-mails fraudulently claiming to be from the FDIC are attempting to get recipients to...
1/1/2011	Identity Theft – Glossary of Terms

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