Notice of Fraudulent Email
September 2, 2011

It has been brought to our attention that the FDIC has received numerous reports of fraudulent emails that have the appearance of being from the FDIC.

The emails appear to be sent from a "no.reply@fdic.gov" e-mail address.

The emails have a subject line that read: "FDIC Notification."

The fraudulent emails are addressed to "Dear customer" and state "Your account ACH and Wire transactions have been temporarily suspended for security reasons due to the expiration of your security version. To download and install the newest installations read the document (pdf) attached below. As soon as it is set up, your transaction abilities will be fully restored."

The message concludes with, "Best regards, Online security department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation."

The e-mails include an attachment named "FDIC_document.zip." The e-mails and attachments are fraudulent and were not sent by the FDIC. Recipients should consider the intent as an attempt to collect personal or confidential information, or to load malicious software onto end users' computers. Recipients should NOT open the attachment.

Consumers should be aware that other subject lines and modifications to the e-mails may occur over time.  The FDIC does not directly contact consumers in this manner nor does the FDIC request personal financial information from consumers.

Salisbury Bank warns consumers that they should not click on any links or open attachments in suspicious emails, and be sure that your anti-virus software and security patches are up to date.

If you should receive one of these fraudulent emails, please forward the email to Salisbury Bank at IT@salisburybank.com so we can document it. 

You can minimize your risk if you are aware and knowledgeable about fraud and identity theft. For additional information, we recommend that you visit the Customer Securitysection of our website.