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As we start a new year, now is a good time to take stock of your financial situation and plot a course for achieving financial success. It's also a good time to protect your hard-earned money by reviewing best practices to keep it safe from fraudsters. Here are some tips that will help.
Online scammers want to steal your personal information, and they use emails that look real to trick you into providing it. This article shows you ways to protect yourself so you don’t get caught in a phishing scam.
Your mobile device provides convenient access to your email, bank and social media accounts. Unfortunately, it can potentially provide the same convenient access for criminals. Ephrata National Bank recommends following these tips to keep your information – and your money – safe.
ENB has become aware of a new vishing scam in which reports indicate some of our customers have been targeted. Perpetrators of this scam call ENB customers posing as a "Security Officer from Ephrata National Bank". The caller then asks the customer to confirm suspicious transactions on their accounts. Once the customer confirms the transactions are not valid, the fraudster…
Individuals and businesses have become targets to a growing online fraud scheme known as ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malware used by cyber criminals to freeze your computer or mobile device, steal your data and demand a “ransom” — typically anywhere from a couple of hundreds to thousands of dollars — be paid.
Corporate account takeover is a type of fraud where thieves gain access to a business’ finances to make unauthorized transactions, including transferring funds from the company, creating and adding new fake employees to payroll, and stealing sensitive customer information that may not be recoverable. Ephrata National Bank recommends following these tips to keep your small business safe.
Imagine opening your bank statement and seeing debit card transactions you never made on your checking account. While the realization that your debit card has been compromised begins to sink in, you also notice that these unauthorized transactions have caused your account to become overdrawn.
As banking online continues to grow in popularity, so do the methods in which criminals attempt to commit fraud and scams to obtain information that will allow them to gain access to your accounts.
Your quarterly account reconciliation is off. You’ve rechecked the figures, but profits are nowhere near what you’d projected. As you lean back in your chair, you recall that last quarter’s financials also showed a slight dip in revenue. Last time, you dismissed it as an accounting error. However, this time, the difference is significant. A possible explanation is one that some businesses are hesitant to consider: Fraud.
Every year, millions of consumers fall victim to cybercrime. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, in 2014, consumers lost more than $800 million from scams initiated through the web. In recognition of Internet Safety Month in June, Ephrata National Bank is highlighting seven tips to help consumers protect themselves from online fraud.
