Your Security Is Our Concern

As part of Denali Alaskan’s Above & Beyond commitment to your financial success, we have developed this page to help you protect your account security.

There are many ways people may try to breach your account, from low tech efforts such as “dumpster diving” (literally, going into garbage cans to find statements or other financial information which may have been thrown into the trash) to “phishing” (sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft).

The most common phishing scheme directs you to a web site where you are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information.

Denali Alaskan never asks for such information via e-mail, nor do our staff members call you to ask for such information over the phone. 

Here are some additional links to articles or sites which may help you fight fraud and ID theft.

Articles:

 The Atlanta Police Deparmtent has developed an informative PDF about holiday season safety/security. We have linked to their presentation here, as a service to you. We hope you have a safe, secure and fun holiday season! 

• Fight Dumpster Divers
• Phishing Article
• How Can You Protect Your Personal And Account Information
• ID Theft Checklist
• More Ideas to Protect your Financial ID
• Save Your ID with E-Statements
• Shred Those Receipts

Web Sites:

• FBI Fraud Flier
• Fakechecks.org offers various examples and several videos containing information on how to avoid being scammed by the common forms of fraud.
• ATM Safety Tips
• National Credit Union Administration: http://www.ncua.gov/Publications/brochures/IdentityTheft/index.htm
• Reporting possible internet fraud: http://www.IC3.gov
• Federal Trade Commission, phishing alerts and reporting: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/phishingalrt.htm
• Federal Trade Commission, ID theft alerts and reporting: http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ 
• Better Business Bureau phishing facts: http://www.bbbonline.org/idtheft/phishing.asp 
• National Consumer League, tips on fighting internet and telemarketing fraud: http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/phishing.htm Credit Union National Association site on fighting checking, ATM & internet scams. http://www.creditunion.coop/scams.html
• Consumer Reports Webwatch: http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/consumer-center.cfm
• Indentity Theft Resource Center