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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) has received numerous reports of a
fraudulent e-mail that has the appearance of
being sent from the FDIC.
The subject line of the e-mail states:
“check your Bank Deposit Insurance
Coverage.” The e-mail tells recipients that,
"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-mail then asks recipients to “visit
the official FDIC website and perform the
following steps to check your Deposit
Insurance Coverage” (a fraudulent link is
provided). It then instructs recipients to
“download and open your personal FDIC
Insurance File to check your Deposit
Insurance Coverage.”
This e-mail and associated Web site are
fraudulent.
Recipients should consider the intent of
this e-mail as an attempt to collect
personal or confidential information, some
of which may be used to gain unauthorized
access to on-line banking services or to
conduct identity theft.
The FDIC does not issue unsolicited e-mails
to consumers. Financial institutions and
consumers should NOT follow the link in the
fraudulent e-mail. |
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