Possible Debit/Credit Card Scam

Date: August 30th, 2010

Next wave of ID thefts targeting kids' SSNs

Date: August 4th, 2010

Identity thieves are beginning to steal Social Security numbers of children, long before they're ready for a savings or checking account or a credit score--and that could threaten the nation's credit system.  Additional information about this type of identity theft can be found here.

Text message, phone call scams crop up in several states

Date: June 25th, 2010

Credit unions in at least six states the past two weeks have reported automated calls and texts to cell phones that attempt to capture members' and non-members' debit card and personal identification numbers (PINs). Additional information about this scam can be found here.

New password-stealing virus targets Facebook

Date: March 17th, 2010

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. Facebook users are being sent tainted messages via the social networking company's own internal email system. With this new attack, they are using regular Internet email to spread their malicious software. Additional information about this scam can be found here.

'CUNA' phone calls are a smelly phish scam

Date: March 11th, 2010

Phone calls about ATM cards, purporting to be from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), flooded the Park Hills, Mo., area last weekend, said a local newspaper. The calls are a phishing scam and are not from CUNA. Additional information about this scams can be found here.

Tax Refund Fraud is among the latest scams

Date: February 18th, 2010

Tax-filing season brings out tax-preparation frauds. The latest scheme involves tax refunds transmitted as a direct deposit or automated clearing house credit. Additional information about these scams can be found here.