'America's Credit Union' Phishing Scheme

The latest Phishing scam email targets Credit Unions specifically claiming to be from the association of America's Credit Unions.  DO NOT under any circumstances provide your account information to anyone by email.  Old Hickory Credit Union or any Credit Union affiliated entity will never ask you to verify your account information through an email.  If you ever have any question about the legitimacy of an email you receive, call the Old Hickory Credit Union directly at (615) 847-4043 Ext. 7166.  

The following is an example of this latest Phishing email:

From: "Credit Union" <member at cuna.org> 

Subject: Notice AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION 

Dear FCU/CU account holder

This notice informs you that your CREDIT UNION bank has joined our AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION ( NCU/FCU/CU ) network. For both, our and your security, we are asking yout to activate an online account on our database.

Fill the form to activate you online account by clicking on the link below

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Inaccordance with AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION User Agreement, you can use your online account in 24 hours after activation. We thank you for your prompt attention this matter.

Sincerely AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION review department.

Identity Theft Resources:

Federal Trade Commission - Identity Theft

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