Identity theft is something that happens to other people. Right? Wrong!
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft affects 700,000 to 1 million new victims each year.
Digital crime is at an all-time high and everyday there are new and better ways to steal your personal information. Some of the more recent techniques include phishing, spoofing and pharming.
- Phishing is the use of fraudulent emails to direct customers to fraudulent web sites that resemble legitimate bank sites.
- Spoofing involves the generation of the fraudulent web sites, designed to mirror the legitimate site.
- Pharming redirects every web-surfer legitimately trying to reach a compromised site to a fraudulent, "spoofed" web site.
What is Synovus doing?
To combat the increase in digital crime, Synovus has distributed fraud brochures to all of our customers, we have partnered with industry leaders to prevent and mitigate E-fraud, we have streamlined and developed new incident response procedures and we continue to be an active member of the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation (ITAC) of which Synovus was a founding member.
Recent Press Releases and More Information
ITAC: Identity Theft Assistance Center Expands Offerings to ID Theft Prevention with Launch of ITAC Sentinel™
ITAC: Two out of Three Identity Theft Victims Are Age 40 and Older
ITAC: Groundbreaking of the National Computer Forensics Institute in Alabama
Important Links
For more information on how Synovus is working to protect our customers,
please contact reportfraud@synovus.com or write to
P.O. Box 120 Columbus, Georgia 31902.
* The Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC) is a cooperative initiative of the financial services industry that provides a free victim assistance service for customers of member companies. The ITAC is run by the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation, a not-for- profit membership corporation sponsored by The Financial Services Roundtable and BITS.
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