Phishing Alert - Referencing the NCUA

Phishing attacks have included reference to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the governing body of credit unions and HawaiiUSA.

The following are samples of the fradulent emails:

From: National Credit Union Administration
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 5:11 PM
Subject: NCUA Account Review Department !

Account Info Verification

Dear FCU holder account,

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in Federal Credit Unions (FCU) network. We recently noticed the following issue on your account: A recent review of your account determined that we require some additional information from you in order to provide you with secure service. Case ID Number: PP-065-617-349 For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please log in to your FCU account to restore your access as soon as possible.

You must click the link below and fill in the form on the following page to complete the verification process.

Click here to update your account

In accordance with NCUA User Agreement, your account access will remain limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to log in to your FCU account as soon as possible to help avoid this. We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely, NCUA Account Review Department

04/11/07

From: NCUA
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: Official information for all Federal Credit Union

Dear Sir/Madam,

National Credit Union Administration always look forward for the high security of our clients. Some customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from NCUA advising them to follow a link to what appear to be a NCUA web site, where they are prompted to enter their personal Online Banking details. NCUA is in no way involved with this email and the web site does not belong to us.

Actually, we are performing security improvements of our banking community and enforce customers to register their sensitive information for an additionally created free security service to prevent any fraudulent activity against their assets and savings. We, hereby ask you to respond within few hours of current notification and Confirm Your Credit or Debit Card via our SSL protected website to apply for this service absolutely for free, otherwise your account(s) may not process posted transactions correctly and on time.

Please visit us to Confirm Your Credit or Debit Card

http://www.NCUA.org/Hawaiiusafcuhb.us/Security/Login.cfm

J. S. Smith
Security Advisor
NCUA PLC.

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your FCU or CU Online Bank account and choose the "Help" link on any page.

NCUA Email ID # 1127