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Current Activity - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:03 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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> ==== This entry is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#federal_deposit_insurance_corporation_warns -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSucaj9ucaIvSvh1ZAQJljgf/Y8Uz10Wtl7b4Bw7hdfzcr/JdjfFfQRvS OHfT+nw6AkVXjXWz6RdQiaQ2aVrwoRa5xFgIyfVWEOmG5e+lw5fysBrhJUM3sYvK uXj0CoPr0Tk/cOqAoIyZwejFLpOEnKD4VqRTheAmGScKMnz1gASBH734ngtqE9kq 4RLZGwl0TBUm8xWdczibFqv+8htKHLKB+rNXTRU11j0bYWmHUMlHOKblZVfjdrkM yy6uh3hew2QSn+Ef+puCENugqGLE8s/MgMscCg4BmdjGeaBcphJnIDnM9dKcujUB /0+T50MiN5PWxj5Y00Yt/Q+lyf3IrjD+986MCEro4Sa+WKezZ/k6YQ== =Oznh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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