At First IB, we want to help you protect yourself from becoming
an unwitting victim of identity theft and online fraud. There are
simple ways you can protect your personal information from falling
into the wrong hands.
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Attempts to defraud online banking customers have been reported
recently by several financial institutions. In the scam, customers
and non-customers of a particular financial institution receive
an email message, supposedly from a particular bank, stating
an online banking password had been lost. The email provides
a link to the site where the customer is asked to log in and
provide the details of the lost data. The site is fraudulent,
however. For more information, see articles in eWeek and Computerworld. |
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You will never receive a message from a First IB employee
or department asking for your online banking password. If
you receive any such suspicious message, please notify
First IB to confirm the legitimacy of the message. |
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Use a bookmark (also known as a Favorites link) to log in
to your First IB account as well as other sites that contain
sensitive or personal information. Do not follow a link that
may be contained in an email message. |
| By Phone |
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Be wary if someone calls you asking for your credit card
number or social security number. You will never receive
a call from First IB or any of its service providers asking
for your card number. |
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When calling your bank, credit card company, Internet Service
Provider, or any other company to discuss your personal information,
be sure you have dialed the right phone number before you
divulge any information. |
| Other Sources of Information |
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For more information on how to protect your identity, visit a website created by the centralized government task force on identity theft at http://www.idtheft.gov/. |
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Order your credit report from each of the three major credit
bureaus each year and make sure all the information is correct. |
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Equifax |
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Experian |
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TransUnion |
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Important Note: First IB does not provide, and is
not responsible for, the products, services, or overall website
content available at the third-party sites listed above. All
transactions and agreements on sites listed above are solely
negotiated between you (the First IB website visitor) and
the corresponding service provider. First IB neither expresses
nor implies any responsibility for such agreements or transactions.
Additionally, the privacy policy for the First IB website
does not apply to linked websites. You may wish to consult
the privacy disclosures of the above referenced sites before
transacting with these third parties. |
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