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Card Skimmer Scams

We made it to another fraud Friday!   Today our focus will be on Skimming.   There have been some stories in the news this month concerning Debit/Credit Card Skimmers.  On 2/15/2025 it was reported that two credit card skimmers were found at separate businesses in Anniston, and on 2/24/2025 an arrest was made in Centre […]

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Double-Sided Spoofing Scams

Double-sided spoofing is an increasingly prevalent social engineering tactic where a fraudster uses spoofing to manipulate both a customer and their financial institution.   The fraudster begins by using tools to spoof the financial institution’s phone number or caller ID and calls the customer, impersonating an employee. The fraudster will request information from the customer.

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Identity Theft

On this edition of #FraudFriday we are going to discuss Identity Theft and measures you can take to prevent becoming a victim.  First off, what is identity theft and how does it even happen?  Criminals can steal your identify by acquiring different pieces of information about you such as name, address, credit card/bank information and

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2024 Fraud News

Welcome to the last Fraud Friday of 2024!  Over this past year EXB has made some great strides in the fight against fraud.  We established a Fraud Department, began using cutting edge software to aid in detecting and preventing check fraud, began monitoring the dark web for our customer’s information, changed some account opening procedures

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