The "Unblock Your Navy" email below is a phishing scam being sent by cybercriminals to frighten their potential victims into clicking on a link within it, which goes to phishing websites that steal Navy Federal Credit Union Member(NFCU) account credentials (usernames and passwords). Therefore, Navy Federal Credit Union Member(NFCU) customers who have received emails like it asked to delete and not follow the instructions in them.
Navy Federal Credit Union Member customers who have already been tricked by the phishing email messages are asked to change their passwords and contact Navy Federal Credit Union Member (NFCU) immediately before their money is stolen, online accounts hijacked and used fraudulently by cybercriminals.
The "Navy Federal Credit Union Security Benefits Reward has been Sent to your Account" Scam
From: Navy Federal Credit Union <z4XGDmQ8P@online.de>
Date: 1/7/18 4:59 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Please Unblock Your Navy. : R3IFmBOC
Bank of America (R)
Bank of America (R)
Important alert details below.
Status Navy Federal: . UN-RESOLVED
Action:
Please Unblock Your USAA
Detail: Navy Federal System Upgrade
On: Jan 07, 2018
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Navy Federal Credit Union customers should never click on a link to sign into their online accounts. They should always go directly to https://www.navyfederal.org/ and sign into their accounts from there. Once they have signed in, they will be notified of changes, verification or updates that need to be done to their accounts.