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Decatur Earthmover Credit Union

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Decatur Earthmover Credit Union and announcing upgraded online banking services 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 Decatur Earthmover Credit Union directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Decatur Earthmover 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). We have received many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails which are set forth throughout this website and below:

Decatur Earthmover Credit Union

From:	"Decatur Earthmover Credit Union" <card-service@decu.com>
Subject:	Get started with our fully upgraded Online Banking System now!
Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:14:13 +0900

New Online Banking System!

We are pleased to introduce our fully upgraded Online Banking CU@Home and Bill Pay@Home. Your account login and password for online banking will continue to be the same. The moment you click the login link, your account login and password are encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology keeping your information secure. Also, note that account history will be available only from October 5nd. If you need earlier account information, we can provide that to you quickly.