Archive - June 2019

Summer is finally here! Many of you will be heading off on family vacations or other getaways. If you are traveling outside of your normal area and plan on using your First Citizens debit card, please let us know before you go. Stop in to the location nearest you or call 800-423-1602. If you don’t, we might think a thief (and not you) is making all those fun-filled vacation purchases and your debit card may get blocked.  At First Citizens, we use a fraud protection tool provided through

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Gift cards are a popular and convenient way to give someone a gift. They’re also a popular way for scammers to steal money from you. That’s because gift cards are like cash: if you buy a gift card and someone uses it, you probably cannot get your money back. Gift cards are for gifts, not payments. Anyone who demands payment by gift card is ALWAYS a scammer. Many different kinds of imposters ask you to pay with gift cards. Someone might call you and claim to be from the IRS, collecting

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June 14th is National Flag Day! Since it’s inception over 200 years ago, the United States flag has acquired many nicknames such as Old Glory, the Stars and Stripes, and the Star-Spangled Banner. If you have ever wondered how Flag Day came to be, who created the 50-star pattern, and how the flag should be displayed … we salute you! Here are 5 things you may not know about Flag Day and the American flag. The idea for an annual Flag Day was advocated by a school teacher. Back in

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A credit card thief can get your card information by using a device called a Credit Card Skimmer. Skimmers are any number of devices made to be affixed to an ATM or a gas pump and secretly record credit and debit card information when customers slip their cards into or through the machines to pull out money or to pay for gas. The criminals later retrieve the devices that store your information and use or sell it to other criminals who use it, and your credit card is charged. Here are some tips

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