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Fraudulent E-Mails Claiming to Be From the FDIC

June 6, 2011

 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of fraudulent e-mails that have the appearance of being sent from the FDIC.

 

The e-mails appear to be sent from various "@fdic.gov" e-mail addresses, such as "[email protected]," "[email protected]," or "[email protected]."

 

They have subject lines that read:  "FDIC: Your business account" or "FDIC: About Your Business Account."  The e-mails are addressed to "Business Customer" or "Business Owner" and state "We have important information about your bank" or "...financial institution."  They ask recipients to "Please click here to find details."

 

These e-mails and the link included are fraudulent.  Recipients should consider the intent of these e-mails as attempts to collect personal or confidential information, or to load malicious software onto end users' computers.  Recipients should not click on the link provided.

 

The FDIC does not issue unsolicited e-mails to consumers.

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