Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing Scams Identity Theft Quiz
Phishing attacks are growing quite sophisticated and difficult to detect, even for the most technically savvy people. And many people are getting onto the Internet and using email or Web browsers for the first time. As a result, some people are going to continue to be fooled into giving up their personal financial information in response to a phishing email or on a phishing website. If you have been tricked this way, you should assume that you will become a victim of credit card fraud, financial institution fraud, or identity theft. Below is some advice on what to do if you are in this situation:
Some phishing attacks use viruses and/or Trojans to install programs called ‘key loggers’ on your computer. These programs capture and send out any information that you type to the phisher, including credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, Social Security Numbers, etc. In this case, you should:
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, Social Security number, credit card number or other identifying information, without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. If you have given out this kind of information to a phisher, you should do the following:
You will be provided with a temporary password which is an important part of our security process. We insist that you change your password via this site as soon as you receive it and then periodically thereafter. You must choose a combination of numbers and letters. The password is case-sensitive (e.g. if your password is ‘aaa1,’ then ‘AAA1’ will not work).
Multi-factor authentication on our online access products is used to protect the sensitivity of your account information and accessibility. This authentication will require you to provide other information you have previously set-up, in addition to your Personal Identification Number, in order to access your account online.
For security reasons, we will not keep a written record of your password and can not provide you with the password should you forget it.
The services performed within the membership application and loan application sections of this Web site reside on a secure server. Your Internet session is encrypted securely when a picture of a locked padlock or an unbroken key appears in the lower left corner of your browser. For security reasons, we recommend you close your Web browser or log out when you are finished accessing your account information because this information will remain in your web browser’s memory until you close the browser.
Latah Credit Union is not responsible for the content of third party sites linked to or from this site, nor does it guarantee the products or services offered on third party sites. You should review the privacy statement of each web site you visit before you provide personal or confidential information.
Most people will have no problems logging in to our home banking site. If you experience problems, try one of these solutions. If you still can’t get in, let us know and we will investigate and try to help or offer another solution.
Please make sure you are running the latest version of Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome.
Some browsers allow you to reject cookies from servers. If you don’t allow us to set a cookie upon entering the site, you will not be able to log in. The cookie we set contains information we need for security, and allows us to ‘time out’ your authority to view information. We place the cookie with instructions that it can only be sent to a server in our home banking domain.
A cookie cannot be used to extract data from your system. When a cookie is set, your browser checks it for content, an expiration date, and the domain from which it came. The domain checking means that only homecu.net can access your Internet Banking cookie. We do not distribute your cookie or account information to other companies and we do not store your Access Code, User Id or Password in your cookie.
Case sensitive passwords. All passwords in home banking are case sensitive. Be sure the clock on your PC is correct. If your PC clock is wrong, we may time out your login authority before it even begins.
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Avoid Becoming a Victim of Phishing Scams Identity Theft Quiz
Phishing attacks are growing quite sophisticated and difficult to detect, even for the most technically savvy people. And many people are getting onto the Internet and using email or Web browsers for the first time. As a result, some people are going to continue to be fooled into giving up their personal financial information in response to a phishing email or on a phishing website. If you have been tricked this way, you should assume that you will become a victim of credit card fraud, financial institution fraud, or identity theft. Below is some advice on what to do if you are in this situation:
Some phishing attacks use viruses and/or Trojans to install programs called ‘key loggers’ on your computer. These programs capture and send out any information that you type to the phisher, including credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, Social Security Numbers, etc. In this case, you should:
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, Social Security number, credit card number or other identifying information, without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. If you have given out this kind of information to a phisher, you should do the following:
You will be provided with a temporary password which is an important part of our security process. We insist that you change your password via this site as soon as you receive it and then periodically thereafter. You must choose a combination of numbers and letters. The password is case-sensitive (e.g. if your password is ‘aaa1,’ then ‘AAA1’ will not work).
Multi-factor authentication on our online access products is used to protect the sensitivity of your account information and accessibility. This authentication will require you to provide other information you have previously set-up, in addition to your Personal Identification Number, in order to access your account online.
For security reasons, we will not keep a written record of your password and can not provide you with the password should you forget it.
The services performed within the membership application and loan application sections of this Web site reside on a secure server. Your Internet session is encrypted securely when a picture of a locked padlock or an unbroken key appears in the lower left corner of your browser. For security reasons, we recommend you close your Web browser or log out when you are finished accessing your account information because this information will remain in your web browser’s memory until you close the browser.
Latah Credit Union is not responsible for the content of third party sites linked to or from this site, nor does it guarantee the products or services offered on third party sites. You should review the privacy statement of each web site you visit before you provide personal or confidential information.
Most people will have no problems logging in to our home banking site. If you experience problems, try one of these solutions. If you still can’t get in, let us know and we will investigate and try to help or offer another solution.
Please make sure you are running the latest version of Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome.
Some browsers allow you to reject cookies from servers. If you don’t allow us to set a cookie upon entering the site, you will not be able to log in. The cookie we set contains information we need for security, and allows us to ‘time out’ your authority to view information. We place the cookie with instructions that it can only be sent to a server in our home banking domain.
A cookie cannot be used to extract data from your system. When a cookie is set, your browser checks it for content, an expiration date, and the domain from which it came. The domain checking means that only homecu.net can access your Internet Banking cookie. We do not distribute your cookie or account information to other companies and we do not store your Access Code, User Id or Password in your cookie.
Case sensitive passwords. All passwords in home banking are case sensitive. Be sure the clock on your PC is correct. If your PC clock is wrong, we may time out your login authority before it even begins.
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