FDIC Scam

Beware this scam, delivered by email to your inbox. The link itself may say ‘fdic.gov’ in it, but it really goes somewhere else.

It reads like this:

Dear Sir/Madame,

By this message we would like to pay your attention to the recent changes in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance coverage for transaction accounts.

From December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2012 all the money in a “noninterest-bearing transaction account” are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Please note, that this arrangement is temporary and separate from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s basic insurance regulations.

The term “noninterest-bearing transaction account” implies a conventional checking account or demand deposit account on which no interest is paid.

For more information about this temporary FDIC arrangement, please enter: http://bencolefax.com/b4a34d/index.html

Yours sincerely,
Noel Correa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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