ATM Myth - PIN Reversal

You may have seen an email stating or heard otherwise that if you are in danger at an ATM, you may enter your PIN number backwards to Alert the police but this is not true.  Financial Institutions within the United States want you to know that PIN reversal is not a security feature on ATM's

Protect yourself from internet scams and identity theft! 

First State Bank & Trust Co., does not and will not ask for personal information in email messages.  You should make it common practice not to disclose this type of information in e-mails to anyone because security can not be guaranteed.  For more information on how to protect yourself from identity theft, check out our News page, it contains links to various articles relating to Identity theft.

Below are Links to helpful News articles and tools from the American Bankers Association and FDIC

FDIC Consumer Alerts

Checks are Changing: Check 21

Identity Theft

Don't Get Lured into a Phishing Scam

Finance Calculators from aba.com

Skimming and Scamming