OCCU Phishing Scam: Naughty, Naughty

I just got home and checked my e-mail, and to my surprise, my Oregon Community Credit Union account was in trouble! Oh no, somebody has hacked into an account that I don't even have! It was a phishing scam: a method identity thieves use to steal your money. They pretend to be speaking on the behalf of some company, telling you something is inevitably wrong with something you have (or don't have). Then they tell you everything will be OK as long as you give them your user name, password, routing number, credit card number, key to your car, and soul.

Don't do that, it's no fun for anybody. They use your information to steal all of your money, and then what can you buy? Nothing. So, beware of the phishing scam. Here are the screen shots:





This was the e-mail I got. Complete with OCCU logo and a link to "fix" my account.








This was the website the link went to. Looks like an OCCU website (I assume), complete with user name and password input.



If you have Firefox, hopefully you get this. This is the Firefox alert telling you that this website looks like it's a scam. Good boy, Firefox. Check out that URL too, not OCCU.



Here is the actual OCCU website, alerting users of this scam. It's much easier if you don't do it. Keep your money, it's more fun when you spend it, and not someone else.





There was a story about a girl from the UO who was scammed by something similar to this, and she lost a bunch of money. Not sure if she got it back or not, but it wasn't a fun ordeal either way, so be careful out there on the big, bad internet. As my Granddad would say, "Lotta kooks out there." And as for you scammers, naughty, naughty!