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SECURITY ALERTS
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- Important Caution: Phishing Attack
November 16, 2012
Please be advised we have learned of phishing attack directed at our online banking site. The fraudulent activity uses an email, purporting to come from "AmericanWest Bank and attempts to gather personal information. Our Online Banking security team received a copy of the email and immediately identified it as a fraudulent. Read more >>
- Warning of Phishing attack that appears to be from the FDIC
February 16, 2012
Beware of a new email phishing attack where the perpetrator claims to be the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).Read more >>
- Important Caution: Phishing Attack
April 11, 2011
Please be advised we have learned of phishing attack directed at our Far West Bank online banking site. The fraudulent activity uses an email, purporting to come from "Far West Bank Online Banking," and attempts to gather personal information. Our Online Banking security team received a copy of the email and immediately identified it as a fraudulent. Read more >>
- FBI Cautions Consumers and Business Owners this Holiday Season
December 10, 2010
The FBI wants you to know about a group of cyber scams they expect to be on the rise this holiday season. “Smishing,” a combination of SMS texting and phishing, “Vishing,” a combination of voice and phishing, are of greatest concern because scammers typically ramp up these attacks during the holidays because individuals are traveling and shopping more often, therefore they do not want their ability to pay for things to be interrupted. Also on their list of cautions are unexpected messages or posts to social networking sites and clicking on ads or links from unknown sites or advertisers. Read more >>
- IMPORTANT: Malware Scam
November 3, 2010
As you are no doubt aware, fraudulent cybercrime is on the rise, and the vast majority of these attempts take place through the placement of a virus or “malware” on the user’s computer. One such instance recently came to our attention; in this case the customer was redirected, during the online banking login process, to a screen asking for credit card information as a means to validate the customer’s identity before gaining access to online banking. Read more>>
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