Your Security: E-Mail Scam Alert 

Who is Phishing for Your Personal Information?

Recently, some customers have received, what appears to be, legitimate e-mails requesting personal banking information. These e-mails, designed to trick you into revealing your private information -- possibly a Social Security number, ATM PIN, bank account or credit card numbers, is a practice known as "phishing."

To make these e-mails seem more realistic, the senders often duplicate the company logo and familiar formats or redirect to a fraudulent website. These emails are often masked under the name of a trusted source such as the FDIC, a trusted financial institution, an Internet Service Provider - or even C3bank.

What Should You Do if You Think You've Been Phished

If you receive an e-mail that your account will be closed or suspended unless you confirm your billing or e-mail information, or that the bank is "missing" information about your account, do not reply or click on the link in the e-mail. Report any suspicious activity to C3bank and to the Federal Trade Commission, immediately.

Recognizing Legitimate Requests from C3bank

• It is not our policy to use Pop-Up windows to collect information about your accounts.
• It is our policy not to ask you to share personal information online outside of our secure Web site.
• It is not our policy to ask for your PIN, Login User ID, Password, Social Security Number, or other confidential information through unsecured e-mail.
• C3bank will not claim we are updating our files or accounts on you via email, nor threaten that your account is in jeopardy if you do not update your account information immediately.

Tip: Verifying a C3bank Web Site

Here's a quick way of verifying the real address of a web site.
Cut and paste the following text into your Browser Address Bar.

javascript:alert("The actual URL of this site has been verified as: " + location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname +"/");

A small pop-up will display the true web address of the page you're viewing.