The Irish League of Credit Unions has today warned its members of a phishing scam.
The scam sees a fraudster sending a text message and/or making a phone call claiming to be from a credit union.
They inform the recipient that their credit union account has been put on hold or locked.
Recipients are then asked to click a link to a cloned credit union website and enter their personal details to verify their account, or they are asked for their personal details over the phone.
The ILCU today stressed that Credit Unions will never contact an individual member by phone, text, or email asking them to click a link to verify their account or give personal account details over the phone.
They said that if a member of the public does receive such a call, text message, or email they are advised not to give any account details to the caller or to click on the link under any circumstances.
The ILCU also said that if a member of the public is in any doubt about any message that they receive in relation to their credit union account, they should contact their local credit union directly.
