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FRAUD ALERRT: E-mail Claiming to Be From the FDIC (9/15/11)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of a fraudulent e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC.

The e-mails appear to be sent from various "@fdic.gov" e-mail addresses, such as "insurance@fdic.gov," "subscriptions@fdic.gov," "alert@fdic.gov," or accounts@fdic.gov.

The e-mails have subject lines, such as: "FDIC: Your business account;" "FDIC: About your business account;" "Insurance coverage of your business account;" or something similar.

The e-mails are addressed to "Dear Business Owner,” and state, “We have important news regarding your bank.”  They then ask recipients to "Please click here to find details."  They conclude with, "This includes information on the acquiring bank (if applicable), how your accounts and loans are affected, and how vendors can file claims against the receivership."

 This e-mail and link are fraudulent.  Recipients should consider the intent of this e-mail as an attempt to collect personal or confidential information, or to load malicious software onto end users' computers.  Recipients should not click on the link provided.

The FDIC does not issue unsolicited e-mails to consumers or business account holders.

FRAUD ALERT  (7/19/11)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of fraudulent e-mails that have the appearance of being from the FDIC.

The e-mails appear to be sent from various "@fdic.gov" e-mail addresses such as "protection@fdic.gov" and have subject lines such as "Banking Security Update" and "ACH and Wire transfer disabled".

The fraudelent messages state:

"Dear clients,                                                                                                                                                                  Your account ACH and Wire transactions have been temporarily suspended for your Security, due to the expiration of your security version. To download and install the newest Updates, follow this link. As soon as it is set up, your transaction abilities will be fully restored.                                                                                    Best regards, Online security department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation."

These e-mails and links are fraudulent and were not sent by the FDIC. Recipients should NOT access the link provided within the body of the e-mails and should NOT install any related files or software updates.

As a reminder, ACCESSbank will never ask for personal identifying information through e-mail or text message. Should you recieve a suspicious request please contact us immediately.

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