Fraudulent Emails Claiming to be The Federal Reserve:
EPCOR (Electronic Payments Core of Knowledge) has received reports that individuals and/or companies across the country are receiving fraudulent emails that have the appearance of being sent from the Federal Reserve. Specifically, the email claims to be from the Federal Reserve Wire Network and appears to be sent from fedwire@federalreserve. The Subject of the email is “Your Wire Fund Transfer.” The Body of the message is “The wire transaction, recently sent from your checking account (by you or any other person), was cancelled by the Federal Reserve Wire Network. Please click here to view details.”
This is a fraudulent email. It was not sent by the Federal Reserve. Do NOT click on any of the links. Be aware that phishing emails frequently have attachments and/or links to Web pages that host malicious code and software. Do not open attachments or follow Web links in unsolicited emails from unknown parties or from parties with whom you do not normally communicate, or that appear to be known but are suspicious or otherwise unusual.
