Newsletter - Calhoun Banks

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Volume 1, Issue 1
DECEMBER
2015
COMMUNITY
APPRECIATION
SANTA CLAUS IS
COMING TO TOWN
DAYS
During the month of October, we hosted Community
Appreciation Days in each our
communities where we have an
office. We furnished lunch for
everyone that stopped by and
visited with us and drew names
for door prize winners at the
end of each day.
We want our communities
to know that we appreciate their
support of our organization and
we are proud to be a part of this
great region. There are a few
pictures on the back of this newsletter of this community event.
We plan on hosting a similar
event on a regular basis.
In December, we will be
participating in the local Christmas
parades. Santa Claus will be
stopping by each of our locations
for a free picture and a visit with
all of the young and young at
heart.
December 4th—Grantsville
and Elizabeth 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
December 11th - Glenville
and Arnoldsburg 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Stop by any location, pose for a
quick picture and let Santa know
your Christmas wishes.
Top 10 Holiday Scams
Here are the Top 10 scams to keep an eye
out for this holiday season:
Black Friday Deals
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the
busiest on-line shopping days and the bad
guys are out to get rich with your money.
Don't buy anything that seems too good to
be true.
Complimentary Apple Watch
Watch out for the too-good-to-be-true
coupons that offer complimentary watches, phones, or tablets on sites all over
the Internet. Don't fall for it. Make sure
the offers are from a legitimate company.
Postal Deliveries
Watch out for alerts via email or text
that you just received a package from
FedEx, UPS or the US Mail, and then
asks you for some personal information.
Don't enter anything. Think Before You
Click.
Fake Refunds
There is a fake refund scam going on that
could come from Amazon, a hotel, or a
retail chain. It claims there was a "wrong
transaction" and wants you to "click for
refund" but instead, your device will be
infected with malware.
2
The Grinch E-Card Greetings
Happy Holidays. Your email has an attachment that looks like an e-greeting card.
You think that this must be from a friend.
Nope. Malicious e-cards are sent by the
millions, never open these things.
The Fake Gift Card Trick
Internet crooks promote a fake gift card
through social media but what they really
are after is your information, which they
then sell to other cyber criminals who use
it for identity theft.
The Charity Tricksters
Watch out for any communications from
charities that ask for your contribution,
(phone, email, text, and tweets) and make
sure they are legit.
The DM-Scam
You tweet about a holiday gift you are trying to find, and you get a direct message
(DM) from another twitter user offering to
sell you one. Stop - Look - Think, because
this could very well be a sophisticated
scam.
The Extra Holiday-Money Fraud
People always need some extra money
during this season, so cyber fraudsters
are offering work-from-home scams.
The Evil Wi-Fi Twin
If you bring your laptop/tablet/
smartphone to the mall to scout for gifts
and check if you get it cheaper somewhere online. But the bad guys are there
too, shopping for your credit card number. They put out a Wi-Fi signal that looks
just like a complimentary one you always
use and steal your credit card data while
you buy online.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
John Fowler was recently appointed as Manager of
our Arnoldsburg location. John Fowler was born in
Charleston WV and has been married to his wife, Kristi for
twenty-six years. They have two children John Christopher,
18, who attends Marshall University in Huntington and
Lindsey, 17, who is home schooled. John has a business
degree from West Virginia State University and Masters of
Business Administration from the University of Charleston.
He has been in banking for fifteen years.
Bradley Stevens was chosen as our Retail Manager for
the Grantsville office. Bradley is a graduate of Calhoun
County High School and Glenville State College with a
bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He began
working with Calhoun Banks in 2002 as an intern from the
Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center’s business lab. Brad
married his wife, Andrea, in February of 2009; and the
couple built a home in Mt. Zion, WV. At the end of 2011,
the couple was blessed with their first child, Aaron Stevens.
Casey Toler, a representative from Fourth Avenue
Financial, maintains an office in all of our facilities for
meeting with potential clients that are looking for
investment, insurance or other non-bank products. Casey
graduated from Glenville State College, with Honors,
where she received her BSBA with majors in Accounting
and Management. Casey resides in Braxton County, along
with her husband Joe and their children. Please contact any
of our offices for scheduling an appointment with Casey.
SCENES FROM COMMUNITY APPRECIATION
DAYS
LUCKY PRIZE
WINNERS
Good Food
Halloween Fun!!