WASHINGTON–Entities that include a bogus credit union and a bogus bank and that are purporting to offer banking services in Florida are targeting consumers as part of a scam, according to an alert from the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
The OCC and Florida’s state regulator said the entities behind both groups have been using foreign-hosted websites designed to obtain information to likely perpetrate fraud, including identity theft.
“None of these entities are authorized to conduct banking business in the United States, and websites appear to spoof a legitimate financial institution,” the OCC stated.
The OCC said the two bogus institutions include:
- Ledge Community Credit Union, N.A., which has used three different fake addresses
- Fedro Asset Bank, N.A., which has claimed to be operating from at least four different addresses.
The entities behind the scam have also included other bogus institutions, among them:
- Anz Bank [www.anzfinancial.com]
- Equitial Bank [www.equititalasset.com]
- Fedro Bank or Fedro Asset Bank, N.A. [www.fedroassets.com]
- Fedrox Financial Bank [www.fedroxfinancials.com]
- Figs Financials [www.figsfinancials.com]
- Levential Financial Bank [www.leventialfinacials.com]
- Nelz Bank [www.nelz-shore.com]
- Perics Bank [www.pericsfinancials.net]
- Profitary Financial Bank [www.profitary-financials.net]
- Reit Financial [www.reitfinancials.com]
- Skyswift Bank [www.skyswiftfinancials.com]
- SwissCapital [www.scpprivate.com]
- US Collector Bank [www.usfinancecollector.com]
- Flygate Financial [www.flygatefinancial.com]
- Ledge Community Credit Union, N.A. [www.ledgecommunitycu.com]
Consumers Urged to File Complaints
The OCC said in its alert that it is encouraging consumers victimized by this scam to file complaints with the appropriate agencies such as the Treasury Office of Inspector General, the State of Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Consumers League, the Better Business Bureau, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.