What is Identity Theft?
Identity theft happens when someone obtains your name, address, Social Security Number (SSN), bank or credit card account number, or other identifying information without your knowledge and uses it to commit fraud or other crimes. Visit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) web site for additional information on preventing and responding to Identity Theft. Click here to visit.

What is "Phishing"?
Phishing is a high tech scam that uses spam email or pop-up messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card or bank account numbers, Social Security number, passwords and other sensitive information. For more information, click here to read the FTC Consumer Alert, How Not to Get Hooked by a "Phishing" Scam.

DFCU Financial and your e-mail address
DFCU Financial does not sell or supply to its partners/vendors the e-mail address you have provided to us. In the event you receive an e-mail that you believe to be from one of our partners/vendors, please consider this an unauthorized attempt to gain access to your personal information for purposes of fraud.