Phishing

Phishing is a type of email scam that thieves use to get customers to divulge their account numbers, login IDs, passwords and other privileged information. They send thousands of counterfeit email messages designed to look like they are from reputable businesses, frequently a bank.
 
The emails come under many guises, but they all encourage you to divulge personal information in an effort to defraud you. Unsuspecting people who respond are directed to one of the aforementioned phishing sites, where their financial information is collected – and then used to scam their accounts.

First National Bank of Sycamore will never solicit this personal information via email. Never provide the following information via an unsolicited email, link in an email, or website that you have not intentionally accessed:

User IDs

Passwords

Social Security Number

Card or Account Numbers

Credit Card Security Code

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