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Allegius does not and will never contact members via email, phone or mail to request or verify account numbers, account passwords, social security numbers, passwords, personal identification numbers (PINs), debit or credit card numbers, or ANY private personal information!
Tips to help protect you:
- Always go directly to Allegius Credit Union ’s website by typing “www.allegius.org” directly into the browser address bar.
- Pay attention to the address bar, where the page URL is displayed. If the address doesn't look right, leave the page. Use a search engine or your bookmarks to get to the real home page for the site you want and navigate from there to what you need. Again, just because the address looks "right" doesn't mean it is safe, but if it looks suspicious then it probably is not right. If the address bar has been hidden from you without your consent, be suspicious.
- Never click on unverified links in emails, in pop-up ads, or on other unknown sites.
- Never respond to an email asking for personal information, especially things such as your account number, Social Security number or driver's license number. Allegius or other websites you do business with will never ask you to repeat this information.
- Be aware of sites that have misspellings, grammar mistakes or different graphics.
- Get a web browser toolbar with anti-phishing capability. A good toolbar will warn you if you visit a known phishing web site. Microsoft, Google and GeoTrust's TrustWatch all offer good browser toolbars.
Visit Web sites by typing the URL into your address bar.
- Routinely review your account statements.
- Use a spam filtering service from your ISP or use spam filtering software to keep phishing e-mails out of your inbox.
Check the email request for more information for typos and bad grammar. Many of these emails come from overseas and will contain mistakes.
- If you believe you've been a victim of a phisher, notify us immediately.
Be Aware of "Phishing"
Below is an example of a phishing attack; 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent Web sites designed to fool recipients like in these examples.
Latest example of fraudulent e-mail.
In the above example, the highlighed text contains the domain name "www.allegius.org", but the real link behind the text takes the user to a bogus website.
Another example of a bogus email. Note that Allegius will never contact you update contact or account information, as in this example.
In the above example, a phisher has created a spoof of the Allegius website. The site looks identical to the Allegius site, but upon further examination the web address is incorrect (view larger example).
In this example, a fraudulent page is set up to trick members into entering personal card numbers, expiration dates and PINs.
Phishing attacks use 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent Web sites designed to fool recipients
into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account numbers, account usernames and
passwords, Social Security Numbers, etc. By hijacking the trusted brands of well-known
financial institutions, online retailers and credit card companies, phishers are able to convince
many recipients to respond to them.
If you need assistance or discover any suspicious online sites, emails, or other fraudulent activity involving your account, please call us at:
(219) 787-8049 or toll free at (800) 537-8386.
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