Phishing
 

What is 'Phishing'?

phishing (FISH.ing) pp. Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information. -phisher n.
 

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Phishing is the term coined by hackers who imitate legitimate companies in email messages to entice people to share passwords or credit-card numbers. People were directed to Web pages that looked nearly identical to the companies' sites.

Alliance Bank Central Texas will never ask for any passwords, account numbers, social security numbers, or any other personal information via email or link within an email. If you receive any suspicions email please contact your financial institution with a known good phone number from phone book, information, etc. to verify the information.

To learn more about Phishing visit www.antiphishing.org