"Fraudulent E-mails claiming to be from the FDIC are in circulation."
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of fraudulent e-mails that have the appearance of being from the FDIC. The e-mails appear to be sent from various "@fdic.gov" e-mail addresses. They have various subject lines such as "UPDATE YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT," "ACH AND WIRE TRANSFERS DISABLED," and "BANKING SECURITY UPDATE."
These e-mails and links are fraudulent and were not send by the FDIC. Recipients should consider these e-mails an attempt to collect personal or confidential information, or to load malicious software onto end users' computers. Recipients should NOT access the link provided within the body of the e-mails and should NOT install any related files or software updates.
The FDIC does NOT directly contact bank customers, nor does the FDIC request bank customers to install software upgrades. Fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section.
- Posted July 20, 2011
NOTICE OF CHANGES IN TEMPORARY FDIC INSURANCE
COVERAGE FOR TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS
All funds in a “non-interest bearing transaction account” are insured in full by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2012. This temporary unlimited coverage is in addition to, and separate from, the coverage of at least $250,000 available to depositors under the FDIC’s general deposit insurance rules.
The term “non-interest bearing transaction account” includes a traditional checking account or demand deposit account on which the insured depository institution pays no interest. It also includes interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts ("IOLTAs"). It does not include other accounts, such as traditional checking or demand deposit accounts that may earn interest, NOW accounts, money market accounts.
For more information about temporary FDIC insurance coverage of transaction accounts, visit www.fdic.gov.
- Posted December 27, 2010.
- Updated February 21, 2011.
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