Arizona Federal Phishing Scam

Arizona Federal Credit Union's online banking customers are the targets of a new phishing scam.


This phishing scam takes advantage of the many fraud 'kits' that are available for criminals. Notice that this emails is identical to one targeting Flagstar Bank that SecurePCNews alerted you about recently. The only difference is the name of the financial institution has changed.


Unfortunately for Arizona Federal's online banking customers, just like Flagstar's this phishing scam is short and likely to be effective. The email notifies recipients that they have a new 'Alert' message waiting for them. When the click the link to view the message they are taken to a 'spoofed' (fake) website and asked to provide confidential account information.

This type of email scam is commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. For more information about phishing visit SecurePCNews are review the article entitled "Don't get hooked by a phisher."

Following is the text of the Scam email message:

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From: Arizona Federal [mailto:no_reply@azfcu.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:24 AM
Subject: You have 1 new ALERT message
Importance: High

You have 1 new ALERT message
Please renew your Arizona Federal
Your Internet Banking Account is currently locked.

To Login, please click the link below:

CU Online: Account Access
© Copyright © 2004-2008 Arizona Federal. All rights reserved.

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If you received an email like this, the safest thing to do is just delete it. If you have already clicked on the link you may have unknowingly downloaded a harmful PC virus. You should immediately run a full virus scan to check for spyware or anyother malware.

If you don't have anti-virus or anti-spyware software, visit our online shop for a number of brands you can purchase online and download from Office Depot.

If you provided any information such as your online banking login information or any other personal inforation you may be at risk for fraudulent financial transactions. You should immediately contact your financial institution for assistance. Arizona provides a great selection of eduational material on detecting scams like this and on how to protect yourself at their 'real' website: http://www.azfcu.org/eductr/eductr_phishing.html

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of a phishing email visit SecurePCNews.


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