E-mails claiming to be from the FDIC and asking recipients to open a "personal FDIC insurance file," are fraudulent, the agency said today.
The agency says it didn't send the e-mails and is trying to find out who did.
The file contains links to a fraudulent Web site and 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 conduct identity," according to the FDIC.
The subject line of the fraudulent e-mails includes the wording "check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage." The e-mails state: "You have received this message because you are a holder of a FDIC-insured bank account. Recently FDIC has officially named the bank you have opened your account with as a failed bank, thus, taking control of its assets."
