Citizens Bank is the victim of an ongoing phishing attack. This is an ever growing problem of “Phishing” (pronounced fishing). These phishing emails began appearing this week and are being sent to many local address. Citizens Bank officials stress the emails are fraudulent and are an attempt to steal personal and or financial information from anyone who responds. These email messages are not from Citizens Bank and are not authorized by the bank. The e-mails subject line reads –“ Your Citizens Bank account may have been accessed from an unauthorized computer”. Learn more about Phishing and how to spot these emails at: www.bbb.org/phishing.

In most cases recipients are lured to the phony sites by being told they need to "update" or "verify" their billing information, credit card number, bank account information, password and other sensitive information.

The crime is often referred to as "phishing," a high-tech scam that uses spam to deceive consumers into disclosing their personal information. Phishing is considered a two-time scam. First it steals a company's identity and then uses it to victimize consumers by stealing their credit identities.

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