The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released information warning the public about fraudulent email messages purporting to come from the FDIC. These email messages provides a link to a fraudulent FDIC website. Users are then instructed to download their "personal FDIC Insurance File."

More information regarding these messages can be found in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Consumer Alerts website.

Users are encouraged to take the following measures to protect themselves from this type of phishing scam:

• Do not follow unsolicited web links received in email messages.
• Verify the website by manually typing the URL when attempting to connect to web sites recommended in an email.
• Refer to the Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks document for more information on social engineering attacks.

Read more: US-CERT Current Activity