Fradulent Phone Calls 7/2010

Fraudulent phone calls are being made from someone claiming to be FORUM Credit Union Security.  They state they are calling about the member's account and they are asking for a member's debit card number and PIN number.  These calls are possibly coming from a 603 area code.  These calls did not originate from FORUM; please do not respond. FORUM would never contact you via phone, text, or email and ask for your personal financial information.  Please email us at fraud@forumcu.com if you have experienced any fraud. 

Fraudulent Phone Calls

Fraudulent phone calls are being made from a fictitious collection agency.  They state they are calling about a past due loan and asking for payment.  They then ask for a checking account number and routing number to debit a payment.  These calls did not originate from FORUM; please do not respond. FORUM would never contact you via phone, text, or email and ask for your personal financial information.  Please email us at fraud@forumcu.com if you have experienced any fraud.

Ongoing Fraud Alert

Fraudulent text messages and emails are being sent to consumers all over the country, including some FORUM members. These messages state that your debit card has been compromised or deactivated and request that you call to reactivate. Some consumers receive these messages on a monthly basis.

• These messages did not originate from FORUM; please do not respond. 
• Your debit card and account information have not been compromised.
• FORUM would never contact you via phone, text, or email and ask for your personal financial information.
• Please email us at fraud@forumcu.com if you have experienced any fraud.

Fraud Alert: Fraudulent IRS Emails

Criminals have launched a major e-mail campaign to deploy the infamous ZeuS Trojan e-mail, which will send spam messages disguised as fraud alerts from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Twitter account hijack warnings, or salacious Youtube.com videos.

The fraudulent IRS e-mail uses the verbiage "Notice of Underreported Income" as the Subject Line and encourages the recipient to click a hyperlink to review their tax statement.

To help protect against such fraudulent activity, FORUM recommends:

• Do not open the attachments or download information from unexpected or spam e-mails.
• Have up-to-date antivirus, antispam and antispyware programs.