In the United States in 2009, 11.1 million people became victims of identity theft, accumulating a total cost of $54 billion. (Fight Identity Theft)

What we are doing to protect you:

• Verified by VISA – This is a program that helps protect you when using your debit or credit card for online transactions.
• Debit Card Fraud Monitoring – If unusual transactions are occurring on your VISA debit card, you will receive a call from our debit card processing company, Fifth Third Processing Solutions, to verify that these transactions are yours so your card can promptly be blocked in the event of fraud.
• Informed Staff – We keep our staff up to date of current scams so that they are able to help you identify a fraud situation.

What you can do to protect yourself:

• Become Educated – Check out these sites to learn more about financial fraud, scams, and identity theft.

• Federal Trade Commission - ID Theft
• Fight Identity Theft
• National Consumer's League's Fraud Center
• National Check Fraud Center
• Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
• Virus Myths
• Playing It Safe

• Keep Personal Information Personal – Do not give out your personal information over the phone or internet to unknown parties.

• Ask Questions – Contact the credit union if you are unsure if you are being scammed.