IMPORTANT: SECURITY ALERT

Patriot Federal Credit Union recently received reports from our members regarding suspicious telephone calls.

The caller says they are calling regarding their Patriot loan or account. The number that appears on the caller ID is 800-351-8820.
All attempts to gain member information are scams. If you receive a questionable call, please do not provide any information. Please contact Patriot at 717-263-4444 or 301-766-7328 to report the call and provide any details of the incident. You may also wish to report the suspicious phone call to your local police. Patriot Federal Credit Union will never solicit account information from our members. Please remember, never share personal or credit union account information to an unsolicited caller.

You can report suspicious activity to the Federal Trade Commission. If you get spam that is phishing for information, forward it to spam@uce.gov . If you believe you've been scammed, file your complaint at www.ftc.gov , and then visit the FTC's Identity Theft Web site at www.consumer.gov/idtheft to learn how to minimize your risk of damage from ID theft. Visit www.ftc.gov/spam to learn other ways to avoid email scams and deal with deceptive spam.

The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To get free information on consumer issues, visit www.ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel , a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.