Category Archives: Security

Equifax Data Breach

The Equifax Data Breach: What to Do If you have a credit report, there’s a good chance that you’re one of the 143 million American consumers whose sensitive personal information was exposed in a data breach at Equifax, one of the nation’s three major credit reporting agencies. Here are the facts, according to Equifax. The…

How Uni-ball Pens can help prevent check fraud

The Uni-ball pens use inks that contain color pigments, which embed themselves into the paper, making it very difficult for fraudsters to “wash checks” or remove the ink and re-write the check amounts. Pigment inks have vibrant colors and excellent fade and water resistance without sacrificing performance. Uni-ball pens are the ultimate check safe pens…

Please be aware of a new ATM/Debit Card Scam Alert that we were made aware of if you receive an automated telephone call notifying you that your Debit Card has been de-activated and you need to press 1 to re-activate it. HANG UP the phone immediately. The credit Union DOES NOT make automated telephone calls.…

Be Wary of Alert Scams on your Debit and Credit Cards While most Americans are worried about credit card and bank fraud, they should treat safety "alerts" with a degree of skepticism as well. Many consumers have received a seemingly legitimate credit-card or debit-card alert that is actually part of a scam. Alert scams…