Are You Missing Our Farmer's Almanac?
Wed, 02/01/2012
If you are missing our paperback 2012 Farmer's Almanac this year please go to the Farmers Almanac link located under our AND MORE button that will take you to the Old Farmer's Almanac website for all the information you are looking for.
Facebook Users Need to be Aware
Wed, 01/25/2012
There is a new threat in the Account Takeover space. The Ramnit Worm has resurfaced and is reportedly targeting Facebook users.
What does this mean to Financial Institutions?
The Ramnit worm, which successfully defeated two-factor authentication used to protect online banking accounts and corporate...
Potential Data Compromise-Zappos Breach
Fri, 01/20/2012
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
KEY POINTS: Data breach involving online retailer Zappos has exposed customer account information and passwords
PULSE Fraud Operations is notifying participants that online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com, Inc. has reported a server breach that ha...
President's Message
Tue, 01/03/2012
Welcome to Mercer Savings Bank and thank you for visiting us online. Mercer Savings Bank has always been independently owned and operated serving Mercer, Auglaize and Darke counties. Since 1888, Mercer Savings Bank has been a mutual institution, which means that if you have an account at...
Fraudulent Automated Clearing House (ACH) Transfers Connected To Malware and Work At Home Scams
Mon, 12/12/2011
Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium businesses, municipal governments, and school districts. In a typical scenario, the targeted entity receives a "spear phi...
Mercer Savings Bank Warns Consumers About Phishing Scams
Wed, 11/30/2011
Don't fall victim to phishing scams. Phishing is a new twist on an old telemarketing scam, but uses e-mail. These criminals send e-mails to millions of people hoping that even a few will give away valuable information. These criminals steal the identity of a trusted company and...
Fraudulent "ACH and Wire transfers" E-Mails
Mon, 08/22/2011
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of fraudulent e-mails that have the appearance of being from the FDIC.
The e-mails appear to be sent from various "@fdic.gov" e-mail addresses, such as "protection@fdic.gov," "admin@administration...
Fake Litigation Scam Targets Ohio Bank Customers
Mon, 08/22/2011
Ohio banks and bank customers have been targeted by a group of California attorneys trolling for potential class action lawsuits against lenders. Attorneys operating under the name of Consolidated Litigation Group, P.C., or The Law Offices of Christopher J. Van Sorn, contacted bank customers f...
ZashPay
Fri, 08/19/2011
ZashPay will enable you the ability to send and receive money to your personal payees in as little as one business day electronically. A small fee for each transaction will be charged.
You will only need the email address or mobile phone number of the person you are sending the money to. There...
Don't let your family fall prey to grandparent scams
Thu, 07/28/2011
Don't let your family fall prey to grandparent scams
Grandparents across the state are continuing to lose money to scam artists posing as their grandchildren.
Since January, the Attorney General's Office has received dozens of reports of grandparent scams from consumers acros...
