Category: Fraud Prevention

Ever been asked to send money, but something didn’t feel right? When a familiar option like Zelle isn’t available, it can be stressful to figure out how to send money safely, especially when the request feels urgent. Here are some safe alternatives.

First Bank is proud to have earned the BankSafe Trained Seal for educating its frontline staff using AARP BankSafe training focused on fraud prevention awareness.

Consumers increasingly rely on digital devices such as computers and smartphones to access financial accounts and other sensitive financial information. While this often makes things easy and convenient, accessing this information online also comes with risks.

In the normal course of business, First Bank and other financial institutions you do business with will request certain personal information - such as your name, Social Security number, address, income, and details about your assets.

Financial exploitation can take many forms such as theft of money or property by a family member, caregiver, or scammer. It is vital to take precautions to prevent exploitation against older Americans.

Investment fraud schemes include confidence scams in which a perpetrator gains the confidence of individuals before eventually enticing them to make a fraudulent investment.

Obituary scams, also known as bereavement scams, typically start with information gleaned from death notices in newspapers or posted online. Criminals harvest facts commonly included in obits, such as the deceased’s birth date, where the person lived and worked, and family members’ names, to start building a profile for identity theft.

Learn how to protect your accounts from corporate account takeover.

Whether you’ve driven through a toll recently or not, you might’ve gotten a text saying you owe money for unpaid tolls. It’s probably a scam. Scammers are pretending to be tolling agencies from coast to coast and sending texts demanding money.

Customers, please beware of a current phone scam that involves a spam link containing the word "treasury." Customers at various banks across the country are receiving phone calls where the caller ID shows the bank name, but it is not actually from the bank.