Websense® Security Labs™ have received reports of a phishing attack that targets CEFCU customers. Users receive a spoofed email message, claiming that their credit card has been reported lost or stolen and that their accounts have been suspended. 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:

We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported lost or stolen. Therefore, as a prevention measure, we have temporarely limited access to sensitive CEFCU On-Line account features.

To ensure that your account is not compromised please take a review on your recent account history for any unauthorized withdrawals or deposits, and check your account profile to make sure no changes have been made. If any unauthorized activity has taken place on your account, report this to CEFCU On-Line Security Center immediately.

To get started, please click the link below:

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This e-mail contains information directly related to your account with us and/or any application you may have submitted. CEFCU On-Line and its service providers are committed to protecting your privacy and ask you not to send sensitive account information through e-mail.

You can view our privacy policy and contact information at
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Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account.

Thank you for using CEFCU On-Line Home Banking!

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in < LINK REMOVED > to your CEFCU On-Line
account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any CEFCU On-Line page. To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here < LINK REMOVED >.
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