Members of Wisconsin credit unions are urged to be aware of a new "phishing" scam.
Several members of a Wisconsin credit union received an e-mail questionnaire recently that prompted them to "take part in a quick and easy five-question survey" and offered to credit $100 to member accounts for doing so. Following the questions, members were prompted for personal information – including account numbers and passwords. The message appeared to be generated by the credit union's online services department, but it was not.
"No credit union or any credit union-affiliated organization would ever send an e-mail like this asking its members for personal information," said Brett Thompson, president and chief executive officer of The Wisconsin Credit Union League, the trade association for more than 270 credit unions in the state. "It plays on people's desire to get something free - in this case, cash - for relatively little effort. It's not surprising many people react quickly to what they see."
Similar questionnaire scams have been reported by credit union members in Illinois and Minnesota. Consumers who are concerned they may have received this solicitation are urged to contact their credit union as well as the Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft or 1-877-IDTHEFT.
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