A little education goes a long way in the fight against cybercrimes. Please take the time to read these helpful tips to better protect yourself.
Keeping your account and your personal information secure is a top priority at Bank of Stockton. We employ numerous technologies, policies and procedures to defend against fraud and cyber threats, but customers also play an important and integral role in safeguarding their personal information to help prevent fraud.
Let us help you enroll by calling your favorite Bank of Stockton branch and making an appointment with New Accounts. Our Personal Bankers will help you get started so you can check balances and activity on any of your checking, savings, CD, IRA or loan accounts, and get Security Alerts based on the thresholds you set. Being able to see into your bank accounts is a great advantage in the fight against fraud. Bank of Stockton is proud to provide these tools to help you.
The proposed student loan forgiveness program has caused an increase in student loan fraud. Scammers target borrowers who hope to have their loans forgiven through this proposed government program. Fraudsters make contact by telephone requesting payments, guaranteeing approvals, or with promises to expedite the loan forgiveness process. Legitimate programs will never request banking information and there are no fees to apply for a federal student loan.
Pay attention to who you are receiving information from. Get confirmation by initiating verification communication using information attained from legitimate websites. Fraudulent emails often include typos or random letters and characters that can be indicators of a scam.
