Phishing Email using the name "Star Systems"

There is an Internet website using the name “Star Systems” without authorization from STAR, that is requesting individuals to provide cardholder information. Star Systems is the processor used for Coastal's signature based Visa Check Card transactions. This fraudulent request is made under the guise of providing improved security for consumers. One version of this website provides a picture of a card being inserted into a card reader.

This particular website is not connected with the STAR Network and has been established by unknown persons presumably for the sole purpose of “phishing” cardholder information. Phishing is a form of identity theft where fraudsters, often posing as a trusted financial institution, act as if they are representing you and try to hook consumers into providing personal information. STAR is currently discussing the website with federal authorities. If you receive an email of this nature directing you to this website, please deter from using it and ultimately providing information that could potentially be used in making duplicate card plastics or other methods for the intent of performing fraudulent transactions. The STAR Network does not and will not ask consumers to enter their cards over the Internet or in e-mail form when communicating with the network.

If you have any questions about an email that you have received, please forward it to : idhelp@coastalfcu.org.