(Govexec) Thrift Savings Plan officials said Monday that they think few people were taken in by an e-mail hoax targeting participants in the 401(k)-style retirement plan for federal employees.

The scam first came to plan administrators’ attention last Thursday, when calls began arriving around 2 p.m. regarding a suspicious e-mail, according to a TSP official who asked not to be named. The message guided recipients to a TSP look-alike Web site and sought personal data, including Social Security numbers and TSP personal identification numbers, the official said. Visitors then were prompted for credit card, ATM and account information.

By Friday morning, the link to the fraudulent site no longer worked, the official said, and online access was restored Friday afternoon. The official said online withdrawals and loans initiated since Thursday are being reviewed internally before being processed, with a delay of up to two days expected. Full Story

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