Category: Safety Tips
Don’t Get Hooked: Common Banking Phishing Scams to Watch Out For
February 19th, 2025
Hackers and other online criminals relentlessly deploy phishing scams in hopes of tricking hard-working people into giving them personal identity information, access to financial accounts, or making other missteps. At Members Plus Credit Union, we are keenly aware of the risk hackers pose. We hope t...
7 Expert Tips for Staying Safe Online & Avoiding Financial Scams
March 27th, 2024
As hackers continue to expand their digital bag of tricks, avoiding financial scams and identity theft has become mission critical. According to the Federal Trade Commission, more than 2.1 million fraud incidents were reported in 2020, with consumers suffering upwards of $3.3 billion in losses. Thos...
Spring Cleaning? Don’t Forget Your Digital Life [Checklist]
May 10th, 2023
When it comes to spring cleaning, nowadays, there are more things that need attention besides removing dust bunnies and cleaning windows. In today’s technology reliant world, it is also important to make an annual plan for spring cleaning of your digital life. The truth is that we all have one tha...
How to Prevent Identity Theft Online [Top 15 Tips]
June 30th, 2021
Each year the number of consumers who have been the victim of stolen identity from a web scam rises. Currently, over a billion consumers have experienced identity theft online that has wreaked havoc on their personal finances and lives. It can be a true nightmare to fix the issues that occur when yo...
Everything You Need to Know About Identity Theft Protection
April 29th, 2020
Are you concerned that someone could leverage your personal information and drain bank accounts or rack up credit cards? In the age of digital bandits, we all need to take proactive measures to ensure identity theft protection because things like Social Security numbers, ATM card PINs, and other dat...
How to Identify and Avoid Investment Fraud, Rollover Scams
October 22nd, 2019
Scammers have nearly perfected the art of bringing unsuspecting people into their confidence and then defrauding them of hard-earned retirement resources. Many begin their investment fraud schemes by contacting everyday people with seemingly valid reasons to invest in their proposals. Our valued eld...
How to Prevent Identity Theft Online [Top 10 Tips]
May 28th, 2019
Unfortunately, billions of consumers have their identity stolen by con artists and identity thieves each year. Today’s modern cybercriminals are good at their “jobs.” They are a crafty bunch and have thought of just about everything they can to scam you and steal your identity. Identity theft ...
Preventing Tax Return Fraud
February 7th, 2017
Identity theft continues to be a booming business: In 2014, 17.6 million Americans fell victim, and cybercriminals made off with $15.4 billion. And tax refund theft remains a lucrative piece of that business, despite the IRS’ efforts to stamp it out. How do hackers do it? In one scam, they fil...
Keep Trick or Treaters Safe This Halloween
October 27th, 2016
Check out our tips on how to keep trick or treaters safe this Halloween! For many kids, Halloween is one of the highlights of their year. “What to be” for Halloween becomes a major topic for the elementary school crowd, and the anticipation builds with pumpkin picking, jack o’ lantern carving...