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America's First Federal Credit Union

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from America's First Federal Credit Union and offering cash for a survey appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact America's First Federal Credit Union directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact America's First Federal Credit Union immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:

America's First Federal Credit Union

From:	"America's First Federal Credit Union" <do-not-reply@amfirst.org>
Subject:	America's First Federal Credit Union Five Question Survey
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:01:18 -0400

Dear Customer,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

You have been chosen by America's First Federal Credit Union online department to take part in our quick and easy 5 question survey.
In return we will credit $20 to your account - Just for your time!

Helping us better understand how our customers feel, benefits everyone.
With the information collected we can decide to direct a number of changes to improve and expand our online services.
The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous - No part of it is handed down to any third party groups.
It will be stored in our secure database for maximum of 3 days while we process the results of this nationwide survey.