nrsenk@fmb.com  texted:

"Plus 4 Credit -Union has deactivated your Debit-Card.
To reactivate call 586 439 1069"

This is a scam trying to get personal information from Sprint cell hone users.
Beware!  This is a fraud!

On Friday, july 3 I received this text:
"Plus 4 Credit -Union has SUSPENDED your DebitCard.
To reactivate call 888 509 4019"

Today (July 7) I received this text:
"Plus 4 Credit -Union has deactivated your Debit-Card.
To reactivate call 586 439 1069"

This scam, known as "SMiShing" [SMS + phishing], happens when:

You get a text message from a party falsely representing itself as your bank.

It says that your banking web service has expired; and that you must renew this service by using an enclosed link to visit your bank’s web site to update your account information. OR:
It may also say you must call an 800 telephone number to reactivate your debit/credit card information over the telephone.

Upon visiting the fake web site or calling the fake 800 number, you're asked to provide a user name, password, or other account credentials. The scammers obtain your user name and password or other credentials once you enter this personal information onto the site or give it to them over the phone.

Got the same message as others.  Do not call this SCAM #.

I have several text messages from these people from several different numbers.  The crazy thing is that they are texting my husbands cell phone and mine at the same time.  Numbers used are 6783250033, 9522153800,  2066918142,  8888302512,  5864391069.  The email addresses used have been ikoczp@fmb.com,  nqqsvz@fmb.com, kyfgpf@firstfederal.com,  vrnffj@messaging.sprint.com,  ewbczs@suneast.org.  I dont know why the hell they have my information.  I want it to stop.  What do I do?

text on sprint pcs phone from an idiot in Michigan - about my debit card being cancelled.  (A card that I do not have!)

This is what I received today, with the email address "no-reply@fmb.com".

Dear Customer,

Recent database verification procedures has shown us your current details are erroneous, due to this issue
you are requested by FMB Customer Care to verify your information and re-store it securely in our database.

Access your Online Banking account and continue this easy step process in order to re-gain full access to your account.
http://ibs.5secure-banking.com/update_account/?id=8592

You have 72 hours to verify your information, otherwise further limitations will be applied to your account.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but please understand that in order to supply our customers with
the best banking services we are required to have clean and error free databases.


Best regards,
F&M Customer Care

Thank you so much for this information!!!!!!! Very useful. Thank God for Sprint.

Both my husband and I have received text messages, which we pay for, from the Plus 4 credit union about cancelling debit card.  I too looked up the numbers and found all the other comments.  The other number is 2066918142. I get messages like these at my office a lot but since I pay for text messages, this has to stop.  All replies were a series of letters@fmb.com. and/or firstfederal.com, which are both legitimate businesses.

*sigh* This was the first in a series of text messages, that I pay for mind you, from the same so-called buisness Plus4 Credit Union about a debit card I have never had that has supposedly been deactivated.  IT IS A SCAM or a PHISHING venture.  There is no company by this name in my town or in the surrounding areas! QUIT WASTING MY TEXT MESSAGES!!!

Hi Lizard,

I just read your message...okay, I am going to contact Sprint about these messages. I'm glad you shared this information!!! Thank YOU!!!

Note : I'm reposting my information after I submitted this info linked to the phone number I was asked to call.  This is duplicate info, but since everybody here is posting this type of info. I wanted to add mine here too :

Text message has subject line : Urgent Notification

Plus4 Credit Union has deactivated your DebitCard. To reactivate call 2066918142.

Note : Received by text message on BOTH of our CELL PHONES, simulanteously! They are signed with different email addresses :

gpwdig@firstfederal.com
bceypq@firstfederal.com

As far as I know...this is a scammer's prank, but we have been getting them several times a day, on a weekly and daily basis. I did reply a few days ago, asking for them to please STOP messaging me (I don't have a debit card from a credit union).

If you have Sprint - call and talk to tech support and they block these sons of b****hes. It is from a computer spaming cellphones.

I have received 3 text messages this week.


The text states that my debit card has been suspended.
One message says that my debit card has been cancelled.

The are the numbers
888-509-4016
888-830-2512
586-439-1069

The email addresses are
bpydiz@fmb.com
fvlwlo@fmb.com
izrayt@fmb.com

Have also received this text several times.... replied back thru text...."go jump in the lake".... figured I would use some of their text counts. said to reply to 586-439-1069

Card from fmb hase been deactivated etc., same automated message daily for mor than a week. Ive contacted Sprint to see what can be done.
Seems to be a security issue with Sprint users. Im also being charged for every message plus data charge.

I did an email report to FTC about this Farmer Message today. I pay for each text message. I have received about 2 dozen messages from them.

I received the same message saying the Plus4 Credit Union de-activated my debit card..who is Plus 4?  this is a scam...

I keep getting the exact same message.  CNET suggests forwarding the message to your carriers abuse line or calling customer service with the details so they can update they're spam filters.

sweet thank you very much :D

If you are on Sprint you can block text messages from an entire domain by texting to 9999 - Block @fmb.com

Found here:  https://support.sprintpcs.com/doc/sp12700.xml ... prevPageIndex=2

I have a Houston number and sprint as well and received the same message from ngdyqm@fmb.com

ive been gettin the same text messages from these @fmb.com guys. i also have sprint and a houston tx number.

Same as above but from gyysjf@fmb.com.  Does everyone have the same cell phone carrier or is this all over?  Mine is sprint.

I got the same debit card deactivation text 2 times in the last 2 weeks from kkuzn@fmb.com advising me to call 586-439-1069.  I wonder if there is any way to stop these idiots.

Plus 4 Credit Union has deactivated your Debit-Card. To reactivate call 5864391069.

Glad there are posts like these on Google to keep us all from falling for this junk.  People that are tech-smart should find better things to do with their time!  What a shame...

On Friday, july 3 I received this text:
"Plus 4 Credit -Union has SUSPENDED your DebitCard.
To reactivate call 888 509 4019"

Today (July 7) I received this text:
"Plus 4 Credit -Union has deactivated your Debit-Card.
To reactivate call 586 439 1069"

This scam, known as "SMiShing" [SMS + phishing], happens when:

You get a text message from a party falsely representing itself as your bank.

It says that your banking web service has expired; and that you must renew this service by using an enclosed link to visit your bank?s web site to update your account information. OR:
It may also say you must call an 800 telephone number to reactivate your debit/credit card information over the telephone.

Upon visiting the fake web site or calling the fake 800 number, you're asked to provide a user name, password, or other account credentials. The scammers obtain your user name and password or other credentials once you enter this personal information onto the site or give it to them over the phone.

I got the same text from sxhixl@fmb.com  - I don't have a debit card.  This must be a hoax!

received a text from vnuxpx@fmb.com for the 2nd time saying my debit card have been deactivated. Contacted the Farmer & merchant bank which use the fmb.com sd this was a scam. also looked up the plus 4 credit & they have an alert on their webpage saying this is a scam they also gave me #5864391069 2 call

I got this crap too.  If you google fmb.com......this is for Farmers and Merchants bank.  If you call the number for Farmers and Merchants bank.(NOT THE TEXT)......they reference that if you have received a text message...that it is a hoax....they are trying to get information.

I just received this exact text at 5:18 on 7/7/09 and came upon this website when I googled the tele number.

I'm curious if these are mass texts.