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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of a fraudulent email that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC.
The subject line of the email states: "Check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage." The email tells recipients that, "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."
The email then asks recipients to "visit the official FDIC website and perform the following steps to check your Deposit Insurance Coverage" (a fraudulent link is provided). It then instructs recipients to "download and open your personal FDIC Insurance File to check your Deposit Insurance Coverage."
This email and associated Web site are fraudulent. Recipients should consider the intent of this email as an 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 theft.
The FDIC does not issue unsolicited emails to consumers. Consumers should NOT follow the link in the fraudulent email.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Direct Banking Center at 800.325.BANK or visit the FDIC website at www.fdic.gov.
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