66 FCU, Bartlesville, Okla., has submitted more than 45 websites and 40 phone numbers to be shut down by servers after scammers sent mass e-mails and text messages, and called members of the credit union asking for personal financial information.
Of the credit union's 47,000 members, 20 responded to the scammers through e-mail and phone. A total of $15,000 was withdrawn from members' accounts, and the transactions were traced back to Chile, Romania and Spain, said Chris Berger, 66 FCU director of marketing.
66 has blocked transactions from those countries on members' accounts. If members are traveling to those countries, they can contact the credit union and ask to have the block lifted, Berger said.
The credit union sent e-mails to members about the scams. It also posted examples of fraudulent e-mail on its website--a "small percentage" compared to the total number of e-mails circulating,
Of the credit union's 47,000 members, 20 responded to the scammers through e-mail and phone. A total of $15,000 was withdrawn from members' accounts, and the transactions were traced back to Chile, Romania and Spain, said Chris Berger, 66 FCU director of marketing.66 has blocked transactions from those countries on members' accounts. If members are traveling to those countries, they can contact the credit union and ask to have the block lifted, Berger said.
The credit union sent e-mails to members about the scams. It also posted examples of fraudulent e-mail on its website--a "small percentage" compared to the total number of e-mails circulating,
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