The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released information warning the public about fraudulent email messages purporting to come from the FDIC. These email messages provides a link to a fraudulent FDIC website. Users are then instructed to download their "personal FDIC Insurance File. Users are encouraged to take the following measures to protect themselves from this type of phishing scam:
1. Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
2. Verify the website by manually typing the URL when attempting to connect to web sites recommended in an email.
3. Refer to the document @ http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html for more information on social engineering attacks
DO NOT give sensitive information to anyone unless you are sure that they are indeed who they claim to be and that they should have access to the information.
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