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SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY ALERTS

Get mobile notification of any unusual account activity.

M&T Alerts {{d943*}}, {{d204*}} gives you real-time monitoring

Get text or email notification any time suspicious activity occurs with your M&T accounts. Our complimentary opt-in M&T Alerts program allows for an immediate response when potential fraud is detected. With your help confirming if a transaction is unauthorized, we can start employing our mitigation solutions. If necessary, we can lock your card or account and then reopen it when you’re ready. Working together — and fast — gives us the best chance at full fraud prevention or recovery.

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Customize your fraud protection alerts

Choose from a notification menu including suspicious activity, low balance, large purchase or cash withdrawal, and PIN change.

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Beware of fake alerts

Pretexting is a scam where a criminal impersonates a business like a bank to win your trust. Their intent is to create panic and lure you into divulging personal information.

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Don't share personal info.

When a text message asks for personal information, is unsolicited, contains hyperlinks or has obvious spelling or grammatical errors, it is most likely fake.

Help protect your account with real-time monitoring. Sign up for M&T Alerts{{d204*}},{{d943*}} to receive timely updates about spending and suspicious activity via text or email.

If you have received a suspicious text message, you can optionally report it to your wireless provider by copying the message and forwarding it to 7726.

7726, which spells SPAM, has been designated by The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) as a number for reporting suspicious and spam text messages to most major U.S. and global wireless providers.