A text message on my cell telling me my account is frozen due to unusual activity and telling me to call to reactivate. I don't have an account with them.

July 6th, 2008 1:47 pm

ALERT /
Your NORTH ISLAND Credit Union account is closed due to unusual activity, to re-activate call us at 901-313-8018

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Seems like a phishing scam to me. I have no account there. North Island Credit Union is a Southern California based bank whose area code is (619).
This is the info on the (901) area code:

Area Code 901
Area code 901 is in Tennessee (Memphis, Covington, Somerville and south western Tennessee).

Exchange 901-313
Exchange 313 is in or around Memphis, TN. (Shelby County, Zipcode 38115)

Besides that this is the number to North Island's Fraud line:
800/848-5654

All other contact numbers are 619 or 800:
Headquarters

619/656-6525

Phone

Contact Center

Monday-Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm, Pacific Time
Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm, Pacific Time

Toll free In California: 800/848-5654

Toll free Within the US: 800/752-4419

TDD (telephone device for the deaf): 619/656-4063

Fax: 619/656-4056


NiftiPhone
24 hours per day automated telephone assistance

Toll free In California: 800/300-6505

Toll free Within the US: 800/345-5746

subject is alert
account is closed due to unusual activity. to re activate call 9013138018


i have looked the phone number up and the details are  Memphis Tennessee, the phone number is a land line....zip code is 38015...


the number it sent the message from is 1010100001......... computer language? encription?  possible sent through a computer or fax machine.   this is a scam...........

I received a text message stating that my North Island Credit Union account is closed due to unusual activity and to re-activate call us at 9013138018
FRM: services@myisland.net
SUBJ: Alert


call from: 1010100001


who ever you are...... you made the mistake of sending this sacmming text to a computer nerd ........ 1010100001 ........ please.... not that hard to fig out..... research is already being conducted and it wont be long untill your done with this .........

I received an SMS message on my cell phone late on the evening of June 24 saying that my North Island Credit Union account had been suspended due to unusual activity and to call the number to re activate. I do not have an account at North County and don't fall for these tricks. I listed the info as received on my cell phone

Kate Dols