 The Summit Federal Credit Union has an ongoing mission to aid in the financial education of all of our members and the residents of the communities we serve. Our dedicated staff uses many educational resources to help inform members and non-members alike about not only the philosophy, value and benefits of credit union membership, but more importantly, the basics of financial literacy and money management.
We're here to improve our members' lives and are pleased to provide educational resources to our members.
Informational Presentations
To review our informative PowerPoint presentations on "Buying Your First Home", "Money Management 101", "Credit 101" plus "Fraud and Identity Theft", please visit the Financial Education Programs section of our site.
Fraud and Identity Theft
What you need to know to stay safe.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft has been the top consumer complaint in America every year since 2000. In this section of our site, you'll find resources and advice to keep you safe from this growing epidemic.
If you feel that you have become a victim, contact The Summit's Loss Prevention Department at (585) 453-7030 or (800) 836-SFCU extension 7030.
Important Information About Receiving Emails
How to Avoid Phishing Emails
SCENARIO/METHOD: Credit Union National Association (CUNA) "Phished"
CUNA, NOT CUNA Mutual Group, is continually being used as the subject of a phishing message targeting our credit union members to collect personal account information, plastic card numbers and passwords. CUNA is warning people who receive the e-mail not to click on the link to the fake web page, just delete the message.
The fraudulent message may use graphics from CUNA's web site. The message alleges "FCU NOTICE: Important Security Update" "Credit Union is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience." The message provides a link to restore account access. The link will take the user to a spoofed web site. There are numerous versions of the e-mail being sent to credit union members.
CUNA does not have such a link on its CUNA.org site, and there is no security update process for accounts by CUNA. CUNA does not have access to credit union member accounts. CUNA is pursuing proactive actions to shut down any unauthorized web sites and servers.
The Summit Federal Credit Union will never email you asking for you to update your personal information. Nor will we ever provide a link in an email for you to use to provide us with updated personal information.
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