http://www.cusecure.org Are You Safe? Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Self-Help CU, a community development credit union in Durham, N.C., is working to stabilize a troubled Charlotte neighborhood, Peachtree Hills, by purchasing, improving, and re-selling its foreclosed homes. http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/self-help-cu-plans-to-buy-foreclosed-homes/ The Department of the Treasury wants public comments about how to improve financial education efforts in the United States. http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/treasury-wants-ideas-to-improve-financial-education/ The National Credit Union Youth Week Saving Challenge, hosted by the Credit Union National Association, garnered more than $12 million in savings. http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/final-results-youth-saving-challenge-hits-12-million/ The IRS released guidance for taxpayers and financial institutions about withdrawals of 2008 tax rebates that are directly deposited into IRAs, Coverdell education savings accounts, and health savings accounts. http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/irs-advises-on-removing-stimulus-payments-from-iras/ Representatives from New York credit unions and the New York State Credit Union League recently gathered in Albany, N.Y., to advocate for depository choice. http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/new-york-cus-lobby-for-depository-choice/ Phishing Scammers Get More CreativeConsumer Affairs - 19 hours agoIn the Pacific Northwest, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union is the target of a phishing scam that attempts to disarm savvy consumers with a little honesty. ... http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/phishing-scammers-get-more-creative-consumer-affairs/ Two area financial institutions targets of phishing scamElizabethton Star, TN - 20 hours agoThe other scam involves a pre-recorded telephone message claiming to be from the Happy Valley Credit Union informing customers their accounts have been ... http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/two-area-financial-institutions-targets-of-phishing-scam-elizabethton-star/ HawaiiUSA Warns Public About Online ScamKGMB9, HI - Apr 30, 2008The HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union is warning the public Tuesday night not to respond to an online phishing scam. The credit union was put on high alert ... http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/hawaiiusa-warns-public-about-online-scam-kgmb9-6/ BankInfoSecurity.comPhishing Season: Fraudsters Step Up Attacks on Financial InstitutionsBankInfoSecurity.com, NJ - Apr 28, 2008Arizona Central Credit Union of Phoenix, AZ., was hit with a phishing attack via text message to its members in March. While the attack was distributed on a ... http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/phishing-season-fraudsters-step-up-attacks-on-financial-institutions-bankinfosecuritycom-9/ Be skeptical, savvy with "phishing" e-mailsSnoqualmie Valley Record, WA - Apr 24, 2008When one purporting to be Sno Falls Credit Union was shut down in England, it popped up and had to be dealt with again, this time in Russia. ... http://www.cusecure.org/2008/05/09/be-skeptical-savvy-with-quotphishingquot-e-mails-snoqualmie-valley-record-12/