To help protect you and to keep you informed, First Community Bank and Trust offers this section with articles and links to helpful information regarding identity theft, banking scams, and much more. First Community Bank and Trust has sophisticated fraud prevention systems and operations in place, further protecting our customers. These state-of-the-art systems are designed to detect fraudulent transactions through our electonic banking channels as well as through our traditional banking channels.

• Get Your Free Annual Credit Report On-Line: It's quick, easy, and secure. Checking your credit report at least once a year is important. Get more information on how you can get a free annual credit report.
• Special Alerts from the FDIC

• Fraudulent E-Mail Claims to Be From the FDIC - Summary: E-mails that fraudulently claim to be from the FDIC are requesting that recipients provide highly sensitive personal information, including bank account information. (Sept. '06)
• NEW ID THEFT SITE offers helpful information: OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information. (Jan. '06)
• Take the ID Theft Quiz. Help protect yourself from ID Theft. (Jan. '06)
• If you think your identity has been stolen, click here to find out what to do.
• Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft (Jan. '05)
• An informational brochure has been published to help consumers identify and combat Internet "phishing" scams. (Sept. '04)
• Consumer Alert: Consumers complain that individuals are fraudulently claiming to be the FDIC. E-Mails request personal information. (Sept. '04)
• Reminder: Beware of Fraudulent E-Mail Requests (June '04)
• ATM Safety: Common Sense Tips for Combating Crooks (June '04)
• Identity theft information & valuable phone numbers: Protecting Your Good Name
• ID Theft pamphlet: A must have resource. (Apr. '04)
  Download the ID Theft: Protecting Your Good Name pamphlet. It contains timely information on Identity theft, how it's done, how you can protect yourself, and what to do in case you are a victim.
• How Not To Get Hooked by a 'Phishing' Scam (Mar. '04)
• FTC Issues Alert about Identity Theft Scam (Mar. '04)
  Spammers Pose as Federal Government Operation
• Consumer Alert from FDIC (Jan. '04)
• FTC Urges Consumers to Be Wary of “El Gordo”
  Spanish Lottery Scam (Dec. '03)

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