The email below is being circulated and it is not from Pioneer Federal Savings & Loan. Please do not open the zip attachment! Please delete it! Pioneer Federal will not notify you by email asking you to open an attachment. If you ever have questions about an email that we sent please call our office first!
Fraudulent email!
This e-mail was send by pioneerfed.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account.
We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run attached file and Follow instructions.
(C) pioneerfed.com
SUBJECT: Fraudulent E-Mails Claiming to Be From the FDIC
Summary: E-mails fraudulently claiming to be from the FDIC are attempting to trick recipients into installing unknown software on personal computers. These e-mails falsely indicate that recipients should download and open a "personal FDIC insurance file" to check their deposit insurance coverage. The "insurance file" may actually be a form of spyware or malicious code and may collect personal or confidential information.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has become aware of e-mails appearing to be sent from the FDIC that are asking recipients to download and open a "personal FDIC insurance file" to check their deposit insurance coverage. These e-mails are fraudulent and were not sent by the FDIC. The FDIC is attempting to identify the source of the e-mails and disrupt the transmission.
Currently, the subject line of the fraudulent e-mails includes the wording "check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage." The e-mails state: "You have received this message because you are a holder of a FDIC-insured bank account. Recently FDIC has officially named the bank you have opened your account with as a failed bank, thus, taking control of its assets."
The e-mails ask recipients to "visit the official FDIC website" by clicking on a hyperlink provided, which appears to be related to the FDIC and directs recipients to a fraudulent Web site. The Web site includes hyperlinks that appear to open forms. However, it is believed that clicking on the hyperlinks will cause an unknown executable file to be downloaded. While the FDIC is working with the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to determine the exact effects of the executable file, recipients should consider the intent of the software as a malicious attempt to collect personal or confidential information, some of which may be used to gain unauthorized access to online banking services or to conduct identity theft. Financial institutions and consumers should NOT access the Web site or download the executable files provided on the Web site.
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-3054, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov. Information related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
Sandra L. Thompson
Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection
April 1, 2009
To: Interested parties
From: Tom Welch
SCAM ALERT
Tuesday evening, March 31st, several area residents received computer generated phone calls indicating that their Debit/ATM cards with Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan may have been compromised. The call then requested that the area resident input their 16 digit card number. Obviously this is a SCAM and an attempt to gain your personal information including Debit/ATM card numbers! These calls seemed to target both customers and non customers of Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan.
Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan does not contact customers requesting your account information as we already have this information on file and we do not use computer generated calling systems. When receiving these types of calls associated with any financial institution, the best course of action is simply to hang up. It is imperative that you protect your personal information including financial institution account numbers at all times.
Questions relating to the latest Scam attempt may be directed to Penny Boka or Sherri Salyer at Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan at 683 5191 or 1-800-452-6904.
January 26, 2006 - A new FDIC on-line tool was released to help educate consumers how to better protect their computers and themselves from identity theft, and steps to take if they have been victimized. The presentation: Don’t Be an On-Line Victim: How to Guard Against Internet Thieves and Electronic Scams is on the FDIC’s website at www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/index.html.
