Fraud & Identity Theft

During the holiday season, cyber criminals aggressively create new ways to steal money and personal information. Scammers use many techniques to fool potential victims, including conducting email and texting schemes posing as their bank. Please remember that Central National Bank

  Our service provider reports seeing increased activity with a malware screen takeover, which is targeting token users. This particular malware variant will prompt a user to input account and/or token data, which then results in another screen prompt indicating

We are receiving reports of phishing emails being sent from what appears to be a NetTeller email address customer _service @cm.netteller.com with the subject line of NetTeller Watch Notice. These are bogus emails trying to get you to click on

Have you ever heard of skimming? Have you ever been a victim? If you have, then you know that a skimmer is almost entirely undetectable by users. A skimmer is an electronic device that can be placed over a card

Have you brushed up on your information pertaining to Phishing scams? Now might be a good time – see our prior posts here, here and here. We’ve seen an increase in phishing scams lately and would like to take the opportunity

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has issued a nationwide warning about a new scam claiming that President Obama will pay consumers’ utility bills through a federal program. How the Scam Works: Consumers are being contacted via telephone, fliers, social media

We have received reports of phone calls from a 206 area code in which an automated message claims that the customer’s debit card has been deactivated, and they are instructed to press 1 to reactivate the card.  This is a vishing

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of fraudulent e-mails that have the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. The e-mail exhibits the “Subject” line: “SURVEY CODE: STJSPNUPUT”. The “From” line may exhibit variations; however, the

We are receiving reports of phishing emails being sent from what appears to be coming from our online banking service provider with an email address of customer _service @cm.netteller.com with the subject line of NetTeller Watch Notice. These are “Phishing

Fake check scams are clever tricks designed to steal your money.  You can avoid becoming a victim by recognizing how the scam works and understanding your responsibility for the checks that you deposit into your account. If someone you don’t know