State National Bank is the victim of an ongoing phishing attack. This is an ever growing problem of “Phishing” (pronounced fishing). These phishing emails are being sent to many local address. State National 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 State National Bank and are not authorized by State National Bank. The e-mails appear to be from security@statnational.com. The email is supposed to take you to the banks legitimate web site. But instead, the link takes you to a "look-alike" site and into the hands of identity thieves. 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.