September 21, 2009

Internet Scam Alert

A bogus organization - the National Teachers Education Association - is conducting a phishing scam of educators across the country.

The message identifies itself as coming from the Executive Secretary Susan Landen, and the organization is using NEA's address as their contact information.

The message informs recipients that they have been nominated for induction into the National Teachers' Hall of Fame, and takes them through a series of prompts to gather personal information.

There is a National Teachers' Hall of Fame in Kansas, and the NEA is a long-time supporter. However, this message is not from the NEA or the Hall of Fame.

NEA has reported this activity to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), and recommends that members who receive this message take the following steps:

• Forward the e-mail message to spam@uce.gov
• Report the message to reportphishing@antiphishing.org
• File a complaint at ftc.gov