All too often, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Fraud and identity theft are so prevalent today, it pays to take extra precautions. The FBI issued a Fraud Alert to help Americans become more aware of current fraud scams. If you can answer YES to any of the following questions, you could be involved in a fraud or about to be scammed!
 - Do you have a check from an item you sold on the Internet? Is the amount of the check more than the item's selling price?
- Have you received a check from an overnight delivery service?
- Have you received a check connected to a communication with someone via email?
- Have you received a check drawn on a business or individual account with a different name from the name of the person buying your item?
- Have you been informed that you were the winner of a lottery, such as a Canadian, Australian, El Gordo or El Mundo Lottery, that you did not enter?
- Have you been instructed to wire, send, or ship money as soon as possible, to a large city or to another country, such as Canada, England or Nigeria?
- Have you been asked to pay money to receive a deposit from another country, such as Canada, England or Nigeria?
- Are you receiving pay or commission for facilitating money transfers through your account?
- Did you respond to an email requesting you to provide, confirm, or update your account information? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, report possible fraud to a Cinfed representative. Use caution with all your personal information. Remember that Cinfed, the IRS, FBI, or any other financial or government agency will never request personal information from an unsolicited email. For more information and to find out how these and other scams work visit fakechecks.org.

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