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Educating Our Customers About E-Mail and
Internet-Related Fraudulent Schemes - Your email may not be what it
appears to be...
- First Citizens'
Web page should never be accessed from a link provided by a third party.
It should only be accessed by typing the Web site name, or URL address,
into the Web browser or by using a “book mark” that directs the Web
browser to the financial institution’s Web site.
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First Citizens National Bank will not send e-mail messages that request
confidential information, such as account numbers, passwords, or PINs.
First Citizens' customers should be reminded to report any such requests
to the Bank.
- First Citizens
National Bank
maintains current Web site certificates. You can authenticate the
Bank's certificate on secure web pages. The secure pages of a
website are characterized by the following traits: The URL (web
address) of the secure pages change from http://... to https://.... and
a lock symbol appears in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.
In Netscape Navigator it is in the lower left-hand side, in Internet
Explorer, it is in the lower right-hand side.
- If you are in
doubt, you can view and verify the information on the certificate and
verify that it is a First Citizens secure page by doing the following:
- In Netscape,
click on the lock symbol above and select "View Certificate" button.
- In Internet
Explorer, double-click on the lock in the lower right-hand status bar.
Customers may click on the following links to view additional information
on "Phishing".
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