Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a phishing attack that targets customers of BME Federal Credit Union. Users receive a spoofed email message informing them that they need to confirm their email address, in order to keep their online account active. The email provides a link to a phishing site that attempts to collect personal and account information.

This phishing site is hosted in the United States and was down at the time of this alert.

Phishing email text:

Dear Valued BME Federal Credit Union Customer, BME Federal Credit Union has a strict policy to ensure all of our customer’s emails associated with their bank account’s are confirmed. Upon inspection this email was registered with your account’s, however not confirmed. Please confirm your email by clicking the link below :
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Email verification must be performed within 1 business day from receiving this email. Failure to comply will result in online banking suspension and limited account activity until an account specialist can contact you regarding this error. This can be avoided simply by following our online verification link above.
Sincerely,
Carter Franke
BME Federal Credit Union, Safe Harbor Dept.
BME Federal Credit Union, Account Services

BME Federal Credit Union, Equal Housing Lender

Copyright C 2007 BME Federal Credit Union, All rights reserved.

Phishing screenshot:

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