Email Fraud

Email Fraud called “phishing” is becoming increasingly more common. The high tech scam uses spam to deceive consumers into surrendering sensitive information that could later be used for identity theft.

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Recently, many consumers using the Internet have been tricked into revealing Social Security Numbers, bank account information, credit card numbers, passwords and other sensitive information. The consumers receive fraudulent emails directing them to a website where they are asked to update personal information. The website is often similar to a company that the victim deals with regularly, such as his or her Internet Service Provider or bank. This scam known as “phishing” cons consumers into surrendering private information that the scammers can use to obtain goods and services and obtain credit.

You can protect yourself from these scams
by following these tips

• Avoid emailing personal and financial information. 1st Source Bank will never ask you for personal or financial information via email. If you receive such a solicitation, please forward it to 1stsource@1stsource.com or contact us at 574-235-2250 or 888-258-3150.
  
• Do not reply or click on the link, if you receive an e-mail that warns you, with little or no notice, that an account of yours will be shut down unless you reconfirm your billing information. Instead, contact the company cited in the e-mail using a telephone number or Web site address that you know is genuine.
  
• Review credit card and bank account statements as soon as you receive them to determine whether there are any unauthorized charges. If your statement is late by more than a few days, call 1st Source or your credit card company to confirm your billing address and account balances.
  
• Report suspicious activity to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Send the actual spam to uce@ftc.gov. If you believe that you have been scammed, file your complaint at http://www.ftc.gov and then visit the FTC’s Identity Theft Web site
  
• Never Share Your Password and change your password often. Visit http://www.ftc.gov/spam to learn other ways to avoid email scams and deal with deceptive spam.