The last year has seen a tremendous increase in the amount of identity theft by a technique known as Phishing. Phishing is an Internet based scam where people develop an email campaign or an Internet Website that impersonates a legitimate organization. These people solicit personal and/or financial information from you via email or the Website. This can include Social Security Numbers, account numbers, passwords or PIN's and of course credit/debit card information. You should never respond to any inquiry asking for this type of information.
The e-mail will encourage you to click on a button to go to the institution’s Web site.
In a phishing scam, you will be redirected to a phony Web site that may look exactly like the real thing. In either case, you may be asked to update your account information or to provide information for verification purposes. Do not provide the requested information, you may find yourself the victim of identify theft.
Look at the bottom of the browser page for the padlock icon. The locked padlock represents a trusted secured site. If you don’t see a locked padlock then you are not actually in our secure site and may be being "phished".
Please be advised, Peabody Municipal Federal Credit Union will never contact you via email asking for such information. If you receive a suspicious email or telephone call, please contact us immediately.
For a free brochure on how to protect your self against Identity Theft call us at 978-532-1385, or click "Contact Us" located at the bottom of any of our Online Access pages.