Email protection: what we’re seeing, what we’re doing & what you can do 

Since late March we have been seeing an uptick in malicious emails.
These emails may take many forms, but in general they have these characteristics:

  • The emails appear to come from someone you know.  BUT, if you look at the email address it came from, it did not come from them or their address.

  • The emails have attachments, links or other things that require you to open them. DO NOT OPEN or CLICK ON ANY LINK.

  • If your anti-virus software is up-to-date, some bad attachments may be blocked, but don’t test your protection. Just delete the email. .

  • The email appear to be coming from international accounts.

What FMCTC is doing?

  • We are quarantining any email with attachments that came from international accounts.

  • We are notifying customers to always double check the sender’s email address, ESPECIALLY if there are attachments or links.

  • We have enhanced the services we use to monitor and protect you and us from these threats to keep up with changing circumstances.

What should you do?

  • Be suspicious of all emails.

  • Check the sender email address BEFORE opening attachments or clicking on links.

  • If you’re not sure, using the info you have on file for that person or company, contact them to verify that they emailed you.

  • Keep your antivirus up-to-date.

  • Keep your Windows software up-to-date.