- Be Informed
- 911
- Agriculture and Farm Operations
- Air Travelers
- Biological Threats
- Blizzards
- Bomb Threats
- Bus Travelers
- Business Community
- Carbon Monoxide
- Chemical Threats
- Clean Air
- Coping with Emergencies
- Cyber Attacks
- Donations
- Evacuation
- Extreme Cold
- Extreme Heat
- Financial Institutions
- Fires
- Flood Insurance Program
- Flooding
- Flooding - Living Behind a Levee
- Forms of Communication
- General Aviation
- Hail
- High-Rise Buildings
- Hobby Shops
- Home Safety
- Hotels and Motels
- Household Chemicals
- In a Moving Car
- Influenza Pandemics
- Multi-Family Dwellings
- Nuclear Threats
- Power Outages
- Radiation Threats
- Retail Stores
- Shelter In Place
- Storage and Warehouse Facilities
- Suspicious Packages
- Terrorism
- Thunderstorms
- Tornados
- Utilities
- Warning Sirens
- Winter Driving
- Winter Weather
- Be Informed
- 911
- Agriculture and Farm Operations
- Air Travelers
- Biological Threats
- Blizzards
- Bomb Threats
- Bus Travelers
- Business Community
- Carbon Monoxide
- Chemical Threats
- Clean Air
- Coping with Emergencies
- Cyber Attacks
- Donations
- Evacuation
- Extreme Cold
- Extreme Heat
- Financial Institutions
- Fires
- Flood Insurance Program
- Flooding
- Flooding - Living Behind a Levee
- Forms of Communication
- General Aviation
- Hail
- High-Rise Buildings
- Hobby Shops
- Home Safety
- Hotels and Motels
- Household Chemicals
- In a Moving Car
- Influenza Pandemics
- Multi-Family Dwellings
- Nuclear Threats
- Power Outages
- Radiation Threats
- Retail Stores
- Shelter In Place
- Storage and Warehouse Facilities
- Suspicious Packages
- Terrorism
- Thunderstorms
- Tornados
- Utilities
- Warning Sirens
- Winter Driving
- Winter Weather
Financial Institutions
You can help prevent and detect terrorism and other types of crime by watching out for suspicious activities at your bank, credit union or financial firm and reporting them to the proper authorities.
Be Alert
- Opens accounts with cash equivalents of $3,000 to $5,000 and/or within days of entering the U.S.
- Identification used to open accounts has been issued through a foreign country
- Reluctance to give personal and/or work information
- Several individuals open a single account but only one person acts as spokesperson
- Presents a questionable, fraudulent or recently issued driver’s license
- Exhibits secretive and/or paranoid behavior
- Uses temporary addresses (post office boxes, etc) that change frequently
- Directly sends/receives wire transfers of small amounts of money to/from foreign countries
- Cash and overseas wire transfers dominate account deposits
- Makes numerous attempts to withdraw cash at levels that exceed debit card limits
- Reluctance to deal with female bank personnel
- Uses false passports and travel documents to open bank accounts
None of the listed actions, in and of themselves, constitutes a criminal violation. However, when coupled the acts may indicate suspicious activity that warrants law enforcement scrutiny. If you observe people acting suspiciously, as described above, please contact local law enforcement immediately.