ALEXANDRIA, Va.—NCUA reported that it has received consumer calls about a suspicious text message claiming to come from the agency.
The message reads: “National Credit Union Administration Alert for (recipient's phone number). Contact 844-234-5445.”
“This is not a communication from NCUA. The agency does not seek personal information through the Internet or on the telephone,” NCUA stated in a release.
NCUA advised anyone receiving this message to contact the agency’s Consumer Assistance Center at 1-800-755-1030 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.