DETROIT, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank's new Consumer Protection Alert brochure will increase customer awareness of the types of scams occurring today, such as phishing, "ghost" fronts attached to ATMs and gas pumps, and foreign lotteries.
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The Consumer Protection Alert brochures are available in the management areas of Comerica branches. In addition to describing the different ways thieves try to trick consumers, the brochure suggests ways consumers can protect themselves and lists resources to contact if they have been victimized.
"The number of ways in which thieves try to steal your identity is on the rise," notes Dianne Shovely of Comerica's Fraud Prevention and Investigative Services group. "We developed the Consumer Protection Alert Brochure to help our customers be alert to the ways a criminal may try to trick them so hopefully they won't become victims, also."
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing types of consumer fraud. Banking Strategies magazine reported that an update to the Federal Trade Commission's 2003 Identity Theft Report will show that there were over 9 million victims of identity theft in the last twelve months.
In addition to developing the Consumer Protection Alert brochure, Comerica has information on identity theft and other scams on its website. Visit http://www.comerica.com/ and click on "Protect yourself - keeping your information secure." To view a pdf file of the brochure, visit the Comerica website and click on "newsroom."
Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA) , a financial services company headquartered in Detroit. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping businesses and people be successful. Comerica reported total assets of $51.8 billion at December 31, 2004. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts .
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NOTE TO EDITORS: This week is National Consumer Protection Week. Members of Comerica's Fraud Prevention team are available for interviews about the types of consumer fraud that are occurring and ways consumers can protect themselves.
