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UniWyo Awards Its First Study Abroad Scholarship
UniWyo was pleased to award Rachel Frederick the UniWyo Study Abroad Scholarship for the 2007 - 2008 calendar year. Ms. Frederick is a Senior majoring in International Studies with a concentration in Latin Amercian Studies, and minor in Spanish. She is originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming. This past summer, she was accepted into the prestigious International Sudies Abroad (ISA) Intensive Spanish Language Summer Program at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We want to wish Rachel the best of luck and congratulate her once again for her outstanding efforts.
From left to right: Fred Hirsch, Megan Hanneman, Rachel Frederick, Larry Knopp, June Allen and Linda Nydahl
UniWyo Opens New ATM in West Laramie
UniWyo has opened a new ATM on the corner of Snowy Range Road and Colorado. You'll find the ATM in the Maverick Motorsports/Harley Davidson parking lot on the west side. We hope this will offer additional convenience to our members as we strive to make our products and services more accessible.
Protect Yourself From Fraudlent Checks and Money Orders!
There are a lot of scams going around these days that involve fake money orders, checks and cashier's checks. Many people assume that a money order or cashier check is as good as gold when deposited into your account. Unfortunately, this is not the case. If a money order/cashier's check turns out to be frauduelent, you are ultimately responsible for restitution to your financial institution. Vist the link below to see how to protect yourself from these scams and see real people who have been affected by these crimes.
http://www.fakechecks.org/index2.html
UniWyo Annual Meeting Notes Available for Member Review
If you didn't get a chance to attend our annual meeting on March 29th, 2007, we invite you to review the minutes from that meeting at your convenience. Click Here to download them in Adobe PDF format.
Students of the University of Wyoming Are Now Eligible for UniWyo FCU Membership!
As of February 5th, 2007, all registered students of the University of Wyoming are eligible to join UniWyo Federal Credit Union's membership base. Welcome and we look forward to serving you!
Do you know how to protect your identity and take care of your credit? Follow these three easy steps and start the year off right:
1. Curb junk mail. Thieves confiscate pre-approved credit card offers that contain your name and address and then use those offers to open fraudulent accounts in your name. You can get off most junk mail lists by calling 888-5OPT-OUT or by visiting optoutprescreen.com. You’ll be asked if you want to be taken off most lists for five years or forever. Another strategy is to register your name with Direct Marketing Association’s Mail Preference Service at dmaconsumers.org.
2. Go paperless. Start by using a cross-cut shredder on documents you no longer need that contain personal information such as account numbers and Social Security numbers. Set up online access to your credit union accounts, and receive and pay bills online so account numbers can’t be lifted from stolen mail. Resolve to check your financial accounts regularly–perhaps even daily–to look for unauthorized activity. The sooner you find fraudulent charges, the better.
3. Order your free credit reports. By law, you’re entitled to one free credit report per year from each of the three major credit reporting agencies. Order one report every four months at annualcreditreport.com for each family member–including children–with a Social Security number. Anyone with a Social Security number is at risk of being victimized by identity theft, so check credit reports regularly for signs of fraud.
Share with members, your friends, and family!
The scam works just like it sounds - you get a call from a familiar financial institution asking for senstitive information. They may even threaten to close your accounts if you don’t give them the information they are asking for. You look at your caller ID and it says they are indeed calling from where they say they are. Not thinking twice, you give them the information they are asking for. Guess what, you’ve just been a victim of the newest fraud to hit consumers: Caller ID Fraud. Criminals have the ability to spoof the number on your caller ID and can pretend to be anyone they would like - including your financial institutions.
How do you protect yourself? First, don’t give out any sensitive information over the phone until you’ve written down the caller’s name, number, place of work and then confirm it is all correct. Even then it’s risky because they could research people who work at your local financial institutions and pretend to be any number of employees. The best course of action is to call them back, that way you KNOW they are who they say they are.
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