Credit Union Theft

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The Federal Trade Commission has released three videos to illustrate how folks try to phish you for your personal information.
While they aren’t passing around the videos for use, please feel free to use the graphic I clipped
from their site (I think that’s legal right?). Just drag thisgraphic to your desktop or click the image with […]

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How To: What to do when your CU gets Blogjacked

Look, I am no lawyer, and if you get blogjacked, a lawyer is likely to be your sidekick in your blog crime-fighting adventure. I am merely an assistant, a learned advisor, even a friendly guy at the gas station offering you directions.
Consider me Q to your James Bond. Maybe even the Obi Wan to your […]

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Another credit union blogjacking victim

At first I thought that Arizona Federal Credit Union had decided to “Go Blog” in the worst possible way. What the heck was I looking at? What credit union in their right mind would put google ads on their blog?
Ahhh, yeah. I looked at the URL.
While the blog was called the Arizona Federal Credit Union […]

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A credit union member who gives until it hurts.

You may have heard this story. But, in case you haven’t in Bremerton, Washington, a credit union member was making a deposit into her local ATM and gave until it hurt.
A female member “allegedly” dropped an envelope containing her deposit and a bag of meth at a Kitsap Credit Union. She was arrested and charged […]

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When Branding Goes Right.

Last week, people in Tennessee received a funny phone call around dinner time. It was an automated message informing them that there was a problem with their Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union account and that it has been frozen until a confirmation phone call has been made.
We all know that phishing has become an almost […]

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Why? Why? Why? Another Credit Union in the News.

Right in my back yard. A teller was secretly duplicating member debit cards an running up purchases totaling $11,000.
My heart and thoughts go out to the credit union and its staff that now has to undo the damage that this individual caused the credit union.
We know that internal theft is a serious issue and it […]

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