The Bank of Southside Virginia would like to inform you of a phishing scheme called "smishing". Smishing is the term used to describe the sending of SMS text messages to mobile phones to solicit bank information. The message looks like it came from a financial institution and indicates that the customer's ATM card is being deactivated or has expired. It asks the recipient to contact a phone number to reactivate the card and provide his card number, PIN, and the three-digit security code. This stolen information is then used to withdraw funds from the customer's account.

The Bank of Southside Virginia does not request customer information by SMS text messaging.