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Phishing Scheme Targets Thrift Savings Plan Holders

Stephen Barr writes in The Washington Post:

Last week's scare at the Thrift Savings Plan is an opportunity to offer this reminder: Do not click on Web links in unsolicited e-mails.

Someone, or some group, operating from somewhere, took advantage of the TSP's trusted name in a scam to rip off credit card and bank accounts. The scheme was built around a fictional TSP e-mail and a bogus TSP Web site.

After calls started pouring in from plan participants about the suspicious e-mail, the TSP staff played it safe and shut down part of the agency's Internet operation, stopping account transactions. They also called in the FBI.

posted by Fergie @ 3/19/2006 06:15:00 PM