Phishing & Identity Theft Alert

The State of Alabama Banking Department and Gov. Bob Riley have unleashed a new TV and radio public awareness campaign designed to help defend unsuspecting potential “phishing” victims from having their personal identities stolen.

“Phishing” is a new way for online con artists to rob you by sending an email looking like it came from a legitimate bank. The “phishing” victim is conned into thinking it’s a real email message from his or her bank notifying about suspicious activity occurring with their account. A message warning indicates failure to respond by clicking-on a provided “link” and updating and/or re-entering personal information will result in the bank account being terminated.

For more information concerning Identity Theft, please visit the following websites: Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/alerts/phishing.html.