| We have made the identification of
and notification about such scams a top priority of Eureka Bank.
To that end, we have created this Consumer Fraud Alerts section.
Through postings here and appropriate email alerts, we will inform
our customers about all scams of which we become aware, as we
become aware of them.
In
the event you are either victimized or become aware of any scam,
we urge you to notify state law enforcement authorities, the
Federal Trade Commission, and/or Eureka Bank so that together we
may warn and educate others and effectively prosecute those who
would take advantage of our fellow citizens.
POSTED
Friday, April 28, 2006:
Be
Aware of Email Scams
Criminals
are soliciting customers by email in an effort to illegally obtain
personal information. The email address
and the website address may appear almost identical to those of
legitimate financial institutions. The email will
claim that there is a problem with an
account and will provide a link to a site that may look authentic.
You will
be asked to input personal information such as bank account numbers,
PINs and a Social Security Number.
These e-mails attempt to
trick customers into supplying sensitive personal data. This
fraudulent practice is
often called "phishing" or "spoofing". Contact
your real financial institution's web site or call them directly.
The following article provides information on how
to guard against Identity Theft and other Internet crimes:
Don't
Be an On-line Victim: How to Guard Against Internet Thieves and
Electronic Scams
IMPORTANT:
If you receive an e-mail requesting personal information, you should
not provide
it or click on a link - even if it looks like the request comes from
a legitimate website.
POSTED
Friday, March 31, 2006:
IRS,
Security Company Warn of Tax Phishers
U.S. taxpayers
aren't the only ones busy as the April 15 tax filing deadline
approaches. Identity thieves posing as the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) have also been active, sending out hundreds of
thousands of phony phishing e-mail messages, according to the IRS
and security vendors Symantec and Websense. Read
more. . .
POSTED
Tuesday, February 28, 2006:
Scammers
target your cell phone records
You wouldn't
think that anyone could know that you left a couple of nasty
messages for your ex, called the bank to talk about a home equity
loan and booked tickets through your travel agent to Tahiti on your
cell phone last week. But you'd be wrong. Read
more. . .
POSTED
Tuesday, January 31, 2006:
How
Not to Get Hooked by a ‘ Phishing’ Scam
Have you
received email with a similar message? It’s a scam called “phishing”
— and it involves Internet fraudsters who send spam or pop-up
messages to lure personal information (credit card numbers, bank
account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other
sensitive information) from unsuspecting victims. Read
more. . .
POSTED
Friday, December 30, 2005:
The
Top 10 Phone Scams of 2005
Whatever
happened to the old days when a con artist only wanted to steal a
few bucks? Today's telephone scams will still empty your bank
account, but the scammers of today are after a more lucrative payoff
-- your identity. Read
more. . .
Please Report Bad
Links!
We want www.eurekabancorp.com
to be a useful tool for everyone. We are doing everything we can
to maintain quality links. Sometimes when a link is clicked and it
returns nothing, it means nothing more than that the server where
the web page is stored is down for maintenance. Sometimes it means
that the website is down for good. If you find bad links, please
report them to us at info@eurekabancorp.com.
We will investigate them, and if they are indeed dead links,
remove them from our database.
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