Details:  Telephone Phishing

Several credit unions have reported that members are receiving VoIP scam calls that are automated and insistent that the cardholder call a toll free number to update important financial information. Once the toll free number is dialed an automated phone system asks for the card number, PIN and expiration date. VoIP lines are telephone systems that utilize the internet instead of traditional telephone land lines to deliver communication services. The low cost of VoIP lines and relative ease with which they are obtained have led Phishers to quickly adopt this evolving technology to attack consumers on an entirely new level. Please be advised that HRCCU currently does not use an automated dialing system to update financial information.

   For More information on Phishing, you can visit the following websites:

           http://www.onguardonline.gov./

           http://www.antiphishing.org/.