ARLINGTON, Va. – CUNA and NCUA have already been hit a number oftimes and now it is NAFCU's turn.

NAFCU reported last week that its Web site (www.nafcu.org) hadbeen phished and not to reply to any e-mails in its name seekingcredit card information. Some NAFCU employees showed up to worklast Tuesday with e-mails from about 10 consumers alerting themthat they had received what appeared to be fraudulent e-mailsclaiming to be from NAFCU, according to NAFCU Senior Vice Presidentof Communications Jay Morris.

A link in the e-mail took them to the bogus site, which askedfor their name, address, and credit card information. “I wassurprised at how authentic it looked,” he observed.

Morris added, “I'm not aware of anyone who actually enteredcredit card information.” He said NAFCU did not know how extensivethe phishing attack was.

NAFCU's web host tracked down the bogus site and it appears tohave been shut down now, but Morris commented that these types ofthings pop up all the time. He pointed out that NCUA and CUNA haveboth been phished more than once.

NAFCU posted a news item on its Web site about the attack lastweek and notified its membership via e-mail. The trade associationhas contacted the authorities as well.

Anyone who believes they have received a phishing e-mail andwould like to file a complaint should contact the Internet FraudComplaint Center at [email protected].