Fraud Alerts

Bogus Equifax emails popping up

On the heels of the fake Phoenix Meresis cease-and-desist emails containing viruses, StubHub notifications with viral links, and bogus FinCenn (love the bad spelling in their text) emails, we are now seeing a rash of "Equifax" emails being directed to our banks.

Keep on lookout for serial bank robber -- July 8, 2011

Clay Simmonds, FBI agent and Oklahoma City media representative, has asked us to tell our bankers to be on alert for the serial robber that has already hit several Oklahoma banks, including recent robberies at Bank of Oklahoma, IBC Bank and First National Bank, Coweta.

Counterfeit postal money orders popping up -- Nov. 1, 2010

We saw one case of counterfeit postal money orders (totaling several thousand dollars) presented to a bank in northeast Oklahoma a few weeks back and were hoping that it was an anomaly and an isolated incident.

Unfortunately, that is not the case. A bank in northwest Oklahoma was presented with several thousand dollars in counterfeit money orders (in $900 denominations) this week.

Fraud ... times four! -- Aug. 4, 2010

Debit card fraud is just one of the several types of fraud running amok throughout the state lately.

Payroll check scam hitting hard -- June 25, 2010

Bankers need to be aware of a rash of counterfeit checks posing as Tyson Foods payroll checks are moving through the state.

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