Regional Federal Credit Union

Many scams take advantage of greed, and some work on vanity. But most use fear as their primary emotion to trick victims into reacting. One of the most visceral forms is the Hitman Scam. Imagine this shows up in your email inbox: I want you to read...

“Pig Butchering” refers to an updated take on Investment Scams, in which victims are lured into phony cryptocurrency schemes. The perpetrators of this scam convince their victims to buy cryptocurrency and “invest” it through a website. The...

Con artists have a long history of appealing to two very basic human emotions: fear and greed. Just about any scam you can think of plays on one or the other. But there is a third human trait that can also be exploited: vanity. And nowhere is vanity...

It is rare that a completely new type of scam or fraud emerges. Almost every fraud warning you encounter involves a slightly modified take on something that’s been around for years, decades, even centuries (the Nigerian Prince scam has roots dates...

You probably get a lot of email, and a large portion of it is probably spam. “Spam” is a term for any unsolicited, unwanted electronic communication. It can happen over email, text message, website, social media post, comment section and more. We...

In order to help reach your financial and credit goals, it's good to have a plan in place. The plan itself doesn't have to be complicated, but it does require that you treat this journey as a marathon rather than a sprint. Here are three simple...

If you’re selling something online beware of fake payment scams. When you use an online platform to accept payments (PayPal is the most common), you generally will get some kind of notification when the funds show up in your account. Fake payment...

Are you a business owner? Do you handle the bills and invoices for a business? Be on the lookout for Invoice Fraud. Invoice Fraud is when a business receives a bill for a service or supplies that it never agreed to purchase. The invoice looks like a...

Our Portage location will be operating in drive-up lanes only with reduced hours Tuesday, June 7th through Saturday the 11th. Drive-up hours will be: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday - Friday9:00 a.m. to noon Saturday We will resume normal operations...

Knowledge is power, but it's also prudent - especially when it comes to your financial health. From knowing your credit score, to knowing you have identity theft protection, we want to help you stay "in the know" and save some dough. REGIONAL members...