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Jewett City Savings Bank has discovered that counterfeit official checks bearing the bank’s name and routing number are currently circulating across the United States. Continue reading ALERT: Counterfeit Official Checks in Circulation

If you receive a text message like the one below, DO NOT call the number listed. This is a scam to get your debit card information. Continue reading ALERT: Text Message Scam

A sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has been making the rounds throughout the country. Learn how to protect yourself. Continue reading ALERT: IRS Impersonation Telephone Scams

Equifax, one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country, has announced a data security incident that may have compromised the personal information of millions of people in the United States. They have stated that the personal information accessed through this intrusion included names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and some driver’s license numbers. Continue reading ALERT: Equifax Data Breach – Are you affected?

We have learned of a telephone scam in which the caller ID indicates that the call is coming from Jewett City Savings Bank. The automated call informs the person that they have a warranty that is expiring and will ask for account or debit card information to continue or renew the warranty. If you receive a call like this, you should hang up immediately. Do not provide any information. Continue reading ALERT: Beware of Telephone Scams

We’ve been alerted to several calls made to Jewett City residents posing as Jewett City Savings Bank. Callers claimed to be from cardholder services, offering to help the customer reduce their credit card rates (or something similar to this). Continue reading Fraud Alert: Jewett City Savings Bank Card Holders

If you made credit or debit card purchases in person at a Home Depot store from April to September 2016, you may have been affected by a recently reported data breach. Information that may have been compromised includes customer name, credit or debit card number, expiration date, cardholder verification value, and service code. Continue reading Special Notice regarding data breach at Home Depot® stores