Fraudulent E-mails Sent to CFU Customers

Warning:  If you receive an e-mail that appears to be from CFU asking you to verify your account number, DO NOT RESPOND. CFU will never request your username or password via e-mail. Any message that asks for this information is not from CFU. It is a fraudulent message sent for the purpose of identity theft.

This type of fraud is called phishing. Some CFU customers have received phishing messages. If you replied to a message like the one shown below by sending your username and password, call the CFU Help Desk immediately at 268-5221. Your e-mail account will be disabled and you will be asked to change your password.

An example of fraudulent e-mail falsely claiming to be from CFU:

Dear CFU Webmail Account Owner,


This Email is from Customer Care and we are sending it to every Email User
Accounts Owner for safety. We are having congestions due to the anonymous
registration of Accounts. So we are shutting and your Account was among
those to be deleted. We are sending this e-mail to you so that you can
verify and let us know if you still want to use this account.


If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the
space below. Your User name, password, date of birth and your country
information would be needed to verify your Account.


Due to the congestion in all users and removal of all unused Accounts,
would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your
E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the
reply button, or your account will be suspended within 48HRS hours for
security reasons.


* Username: .....................
* Password: .....................
* Date of Birth: ................
* Country Or Territory: .........


After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.Thanks for your attention to this
request.


We apologize for any inconveniences.


Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after
24HRS of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.


Sincerely,
Customer Care Unit,
Webmaster Team.
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