ID Awareness & Security

The message urges the recipient to call a number provided for information about account discrepancies and then seeks individual account information and PIN numbers.

Cell phone users should be wary of unsolicited text messages. Such messages should be deleted and all deleted text messages should be removed, if possible, as the perpetrators have been known to use Spyware in conjunction with their text message solicitation.

In February, NCUA reported that a cell phone text-message scam was targeted against Keesler Federal Credit Union, of Biloxi, MO.

Text messages and faxes were broadcast to members and nonmembers in an attempt to get credit, debit or ATM card information. The messages appeared to come from the $1.5 billion credit union and requested that the recipient respond to the communication with the card number, personal identification number or other personal information.