In just one week, CU Times learned about two largescaleSMShing attacks on credit union members. One involved amulti-billion institution in the northeast. Another credit unionwas not quite $1 billion in assets and also located in theNortheast.

Separately, security experts provided CU Times withsample SMS fraud text that targeted members of two other creditinstitutions: One among the nation's biggest, the other with fewerthan $100 million in assets in the Northeast.

That last institution presently has the following message inboldface on its homepage: “ALERT: If you responded to a text oremail and provided your debit card information, you are a victim offraud! Call 800-xxx-xxxx immediately and report your card as stolento avoid personal liability for fraud charges that will occur onyour account. Remember we will never ask for your cardnumbers, we have them. And we do not text our members. Contact usfor details.”