Consumer alert!

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has logged many reports of a fraudulent e-mail circulating that invokes the FDIC name.
The subject line of the e-mail states: “Funds wired into your account are stolen.” The e-mail tells recipients that the proceeds of identity theft crimes have been wire-transferred into their bank account. The e-mail then directs recipients to open and review an attached copy of their bank account statement. The attached file is actually an unknown executable file.
The FDIC says recipients should consider the executable file as a malicious attempt to collect personal or confidential information, some of which may be used to gain unauthorized access to online banking services or to steal a consumer’s identity.
The FDIC does not issue unsolicited e-mails to consumers. It says financial institutions and consumers should NOT open the executable file attached to the fraudulent e-mail.

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