{"id":570,"date":"2008-08-07T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T21:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/?p=570"},"modified":"2008-08-07T17:24:18","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T21:24:18","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-the-spic-phishing-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-spic-phishing-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need To Know About The SPIC Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 21, 2008 the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) issued a warning on their website about a known phishing scam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the lowdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would-be identity thieves are sending out emails claiming to be from a brokerage firm working on behalf of the SPIC. The firm is supposedly handling the liquidation of an SPIC account and trying to &#8220;return money&#8221; to you &#8211; the investor. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quote from the SPIC press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe scheme involves an &#8220;insurance investment claim&#8221; supposedly to be made through the brokerage firm on behalf of SIPC. <\/p>\n<p>In order to get the information needed to &#8220;file the claim&#8221;, the would-be thief includes a fake SIPC &#8220;Beneficiary Information for Automatic Deposit of Payment&#8221; form that requires information <strong>that could be used to directly withdraw funds from an investor\u2019s accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The phony form even includes a false detailed form routing number: &#8220;SIPC 4531\/09 (4-00).&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The brokerage firm mentioned is legitimate, but is not involved in the scheme. This is just one in a list of schemes that have targeted the SIPC in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>If you receive this email, the SIPC is asking that you forward it to them at this address:vdrew@sipc.org<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how SPIC brokerage accounts are actually liquidated, you can download their PDF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sipc.org\/pdf\/SIPC_brochure_Investors_Guide_To_BD_Liquidations.pdf\" target=\"blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please pass this on to anyone you think might be affected!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 21, 2008 the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) issued a warning on their website about a known phishing scam. Here&#8217;s the lowdown: Would-be identity thieves are sending out emails claiming to be from a brokerage firm working on behalf of the SPIC. 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