Consumer Protection Resources
At Community National Bank, our customers are our top priority. Listed below are some resources that will provide you some information and tools to help protect you.
SECURITY AWARENESS CONSUMER PROTECTION RESOURCES
American Banker's Association is part of a Consumer Federation of America task force that launched a campaign to combat fake check scams. This website describes the most common fake check scams and provides interviews with victims. The most common scams involve sweepstakes, lotteries, grants and work-at-home opportunities.
Provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, securing your computer, and protecting your personal information.
Identity Theft Resource Center is a nonprofit, nationally respected organization dedicated exclusively to the understanding and prevention of identity theft. Pages of the website include data breach list, scam alerts, assistance on lost/stolen wallets, medical identity theft and beginning steps for financial identity theft.
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/guard/index.html
Watch a video from FDIC on identity theft, protecting your information and what to do if you are a victim.
Fight identity theft by monitoring and reviewing your credit report. This central site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure once every 12 months.
www.fdic.gov/consumers/loans/prevention/toolkit.html
Foreclosure Prevention - This FDIC web page provides quick access to several resources to help homeowners, community stakeholders and the banking industry to help prevent unnecessary foreclosures and stop foreclosure "rescue"scams that promise false hope to consumers at risk of losing their homes.
Every day, American consumers receive offers that just sound too good to be true. In the past, these offers came through the mail or by telephone. Now the con artists and swindlers have found a new avenue to pitch their frauds - the Internet. This website has the latest consumer alerts, a section for teens, victims stories and links to file a complaint.
