FraudBloc

These days, thieves are smart enough to take advantage of you in broad daylight, stealing your identity, opening lines of credit and ruining your good name. Before you know it, they have racked-up thousands of dollars worth of damage that takes years to undo. And if you think you're immune, think again. In fact, they can steal your information at the grocery store, in front of your house and even where you work.

Here are some of the common ways fraud is executed:

• Stealing your purse and stealing thousands before you even know it's gone
• Going through your mail in broad daylight
• Completing a change of address form, so your mail is sent to them
• Dumpster diving to find confidential information your have thrown away
• Breaking into your computer
• Conning a credit bureau into giving them your most personal information
• Stealing from companies
• Elaborate Internet scams like pretexting, phishing, scamming and spoofing
• Eavesdropping and shoulder surfing
• Selling of info about you over the Internet

Customers interested in this account must be able to visit a Bank2 Branch to have debit card photo taken.

You need help to protect your identity:

No matter how prepared you think you are, identity thieves are one step ahead of you. They are finding new ways everyday to obtain your information and use it for their own ill-gotten gain. Inexpensive credit report monitoring is a drop in the bucket and doesn't begin to stop the problem.

There's a better way:

Bank2 is pleased to offer our customers a way to Bloc criminals from using their information. In addition to providing you ways to limit access to your information, we offer a way to make your information useless. We may not be able to completely stop them from getting your information, but we can make what they get useless. Take a closer look and see how Bank2 can Bloc thieves from using your information.

FraudBloc consists of:

• LifeLock - Identity Theft Prevention
• FraudBloc Checks
• FraudBloc Photo Debit Card (Credit Approval Required)
• Electronically Delivered Statements
• Bank2's FraudBloc Shred Bin
• FraudBloc Pen
• Comprehensive Web site Resources

Customers interested in this account must be able to visit a Bank2 Branch to have debit card photo taken.

• Equifax
• Experian
• Federal Trade Commission
• Fight Identity Theft
• Identity Theft Resource Center
• National White Collar Crime Center
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Social Security Administration
• Transunion
• U.S. Postal Service
• Better Business Bureau
• Call For Action
• National Consumer League
• RoboForm
• Opt out for companies who sell data
• Do Not Call List
• Do Not Call Oklahoma
• Free Credit Report
• Opt out for pre-authorized credit card applications
• Oklahoma Banker's Association (Fraud Division-Elaine Dodd)