Deer Valley Credit Union ID Protection Services
Compromised Visa Cards Program
Deer Valley Credit Union strives to offer safe and secure financial service solutions. We use a wide array of risk management services, tools and resources to create a loss prevention culture within the credit union to ensure the safety of your card. In particular, we monitor account activity, identify trends, work to reduce or restrict activity and reissue cards, when needed. Click here for more information.
Identity Theft Protection and Recovery Service
Deer Valley Credit Union has partnered with Merchant Information Solutions, Inc. and now offers Identification Theft protection and recovery services for a very reasonable price. Click here for more information.
ID Scanning
Take advantage of Deer Valley Credit Union's ID scanning service. The next time you visit a branch have your driver's license, military ID, passport or other approved form of photo identification scanned into our computer system.
Check fraud and identity theft are among the fastest-growing crimes affecting consumers today. To help fight fraud and other threats to your financial security, Deer Valley Credit Union has implemented an additional security measure to protect you and your family. Deer Valley Credit Union's ID scanning service provides all of our valued members with a powerful fraud prevention tool.
With ID Scanning, Deer Valley Credit Union captures a digital image of your driver's license, military ID, passport or other form of approved ID. We then utilize the ID image to support the verification of your identity when you utilize one of our branch locations. Capturing your ID image is one of the most powerful deterrents to check fraud perpetrators available, and we are pleased to offer this value-added service free of charge. We encourage ID scanning to help prevent unauthorized transactions and the unauthorized release of personal information.
Common ID Theft Methods & Scams
Text Messaging Fraud
Fraudsters are finding new ways to lure members into disclosing their personal and financial information. While the style and type of information is constantly evolving, there are phishing scams that continue to affect credit unions and members. These scammers need your personal and financial information to put money into their pockets. Time and again, scammers are successful in identifying and targeting the weakest link to enable this crime.
If you receive a text message, email, or phone call instructing you to input personal information, do not respond. DVCU will never ask you for personal/private information in an unsecured email or via text message. If you are unsure if the text message, email or phone call is legitimate, call DVCU at (602) 375-7300 and we will be happy to assist in determining the authenticity of the message.
If you have provided sensitive information including Debit/Credit Card Number, Pin Number, and Account Number contact DVCU immediately at 602.375.7300 or toll free at 1.800.579.5051.
Caller ID Spoofing
Caller ID spoofing is a service that allows a caller to masquerade as someone else by falsifying the number that appears on the recipient's caller ID display. Just as e-mail can make it appear that a message came from any e-mail address the sender chooses, caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to come from any phone number the caller wishes. If you feel that a call from a purported company sounds suspicious, ask the person for their name and department and tell them you will call them back. Then, dial the listed number for the company directly or inquire through directory assistance. If it is indeed a scam, report the activity to the effected company.
Online Fraud
Every day, American consumers receive offers that sound too good to be true. In the past, these offers came through the mail or by telephone. Now the con artists and swindlers have moved online to the Internet . Click here for additional information on the numerous types of online fraud.
Pharming
As if phishing wasn't enough of a headache, scammers are now resorting to what's being called pharming. These criminals are turning to redirecting domain names so that users will unsuspectingly log onto illegitimate sites under hacker control.
Phishing
Did you get an e-mail from what appeared to be a legitimate financial institution asking you to confirm your username and password? Did the website look real? If so, delete the e-mail immediately and report it to the proper authorities! That is what's known as a phishing scam, and phishers are getting more and more sophisticated in their approach.
Smishing
In smishing, an e-mail tries to lure a recipient into giving personal information via SMS, the communications protocol used to send text messages to a wireless device. The member receives a text message via cell phone warning that their bank account has been closed due to suspicious activity. It then tells them they need to call a certain phone number to reactivate the account.
Unsuspecting callers who dial the number provided in the text message will be taken to an automated voice mail box that prompts them to key in their credit card or debit card number, expiration date, and PIN to verify their information.
Please know that Deer Valley Credit Union does not solicit personal/private information via text messaging and that we take numerous measures to keep your account information secure.
If you have any questions concerning your account or credit/debit card, contact DVCU at (602) 375-7300.
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