FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION WARNS CONSUMERS ABOUT SCAM FDIC EMAIL.

Las Vegas -- The following information was released by the Nevada Department of Business and Industry:

-- The Nevada Financial Institutions Division (FID) is warning consumers not to fall

for a bogus email solicitation, purporting to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

(FDIC).

The FDIC reports that it has received a large number of complaints about a phony email that looks

like it's from the FDIC. The subject line of the email reads "check your Bank Deposit Insurance

Coverage" and advises recipients that they are receiving the email because their bank has failed

and the FDIC has taken over their bank's assets. In the email, consumers are asked to go - via a

fraudulent web link - to a supposedly "official" FDIC website and provide personal information.

The aim of the email is to obtain confidential information that may be used to inappropriately

access online bank accounts or to steal consumers' identities.

"This is definitely a scam," says FID Commissioner George Burns. "The email and the web link

associated with it are fraudulent, and consumers should not respond to it."

If you receive this email, do not respond to it and file a complaint with the Internet Crime

Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov.

State of Nevada

Department of Business & Industry

Director's Office

555 East Washington Avenue, Suite 4900

Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Phone (702) 486-2750 | Fax (702) 486-2758

business.nv.gov

The Financial Institutions Division is the regulator for all Nevada state-chartered depository

institutions including banks, credit unions, thrifts, etc., supervising over 35 of these state financial

institutions. For more information about the Financial Institutions Division, visit

http://fid.state.nv.us/.

For more information about how to protect yourself from scams of all kinds, visit

http://fightfraud.nv.gov.

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