Well, they’re at it again! Friendly reminder that MMCCU will NOT call you and ask for personalized information like Usernames, Passwords, or SSN’s over the phone. If in doubt, hang up and call us directly at 715-387-8686.
❗ We have temporarily disabled P2P payments out of an abundance of caution as these types of scams have ramped up locally again. (6/27 Update: As of July 1, we will be disabling P2P Payments indefinitely in order to protect our membership. Learn more here.)
Please be cautious and talk with your family & friends about these issues!
Any questions, please give us a call!
MMCCU will never ask for:
- Your online banking username
- Your Social Security Number
Steps to Take if you are a victim:
- Contact your financial institutions
- Freeze your credit
- Create a PIN with the IRS for your taxes (Can also do this at your state level)
- Set up ID monitoring (Aura, Lifelock)
- Monitor your credit (http://annualcreditreport.com/, Credit Karma is also a free service)
- File a report with the government: https://www.identitytheft.gov/#/
- Get your Social Security Report: https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/statement.html
- Don’t beat yourself up!
Other Helpful Links:
Other helpful tips:
- Enable two-factor authentication on your accounts
- Don’t use the same password across multiple accounts
- Make passwords complex and hard-to-guess. Use a combination of upper and lower-case letter, symbols, and numbers
- Do not click on links in emails you weren’t expecting to receive
- Keep your computer anti-virus up-to-date
- Password-protect your network
Find more scam information here.
Please talk with family and friends about this issue!