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Santa Barbara Bank and Trust

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Santa Barbara Bank and Trust and instructing you to validate information to restore your account appears to be a phishing scam.  Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with.  Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information.  If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information.  However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Santa Barbara Bank and Trust directly and explain the e-mail you received.  If you give out any personal information, contact Santa Barbara Bank and Trust immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer).  Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:


Santa Barbara Bank and Trust

From: "Santa Barbara Bank and Trust" <do-not-reply@sbbt.com>  
Subject: Santa Barbara Bank and Trust Important Notice
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:25:44 -0500

Dear Santa Barbara B&T customer,

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your Santa Barbara B&T Card Account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account and of the Santa Barbara B&T network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventive measure, your profile has been locked due to inactivity or because of too many failed login attempts.

To restore your card account access, please take the following step to ensure that your account has not been compromised:

• 1. Validate your Santa Barbara B&T Information for any unauthorized withdrawals, and check your account profile to make sure no changes have been made.

To get started, please click the link below:

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire Santa Barbara B&T system. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Warmly,
Financial Services
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Santa Barbara B&T

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your account and choose "Help" link in the header of any page

 

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