Fraud Alerts

Important things to remember if a person calls you stating they are from the IRS.  Protect yourself and avoid becoming a victim.

Scammers sending texts appearing to come from First Commonwealth.  They are trying to gather card numbers and personal information.  Do not act on these.

Scammers are trying to lure people who haven't received their new EMV chip cards into disclosing personal information.

The largest population of victims is senior citizens. I realized how vulnerable my parents and in-laws are to these scams and frauds that are primarily orchestrated on the internet, but also on the phone and by mail.

According to the FTC there is a scam for identity thieves to obtain the security code on your credit card.