Dear valued U.S. Bank(R) Visa(R) Buxx Cardholder, U.S. Bank takes great care to protect your personal information and ensure the confidentiality of your account information. Every effort is made to protect our customers from fraud. To help protect yourself from fraudulent email practices, we suggest the following: 1. Protect your account and password information. U.S. Bank will never ask you for sensitive account information via email, including your Social Security Number, account numbers, PIN or passwords. 2. Change your account passwords (ATM and Internet Banking) regularly. Use passwords that are difficult to guess and if you write them down, store them in a secure place other than your wallet. 3. Protect your home computer by running anti-virus software to guard against virus attacks. 4. Install a personal firewall to prevent unauthorized access to your home computer, especially if you connect to the Internet via cable or a DSL modem. If you receive an email that appears to be from U.S. Bank and you suspect that it might be fraudulent, please forward it immediately to fraud_help@usbank.com or call the U.S. Bank Fraud Liaison Center toll-free at 877-595-6256. Learn more about online security and how to protect yourself from email fraud. http://usbank.com/cgi_w/cfm/promo/personal/fraud_email_info_and_help.cfm ------------------------------------------------- At U.S. Bank, protecting your privacy is our priority. For your safety, we will never request your Personal ID, Password or PIN via email and recommend that you do not share this information with anyone, ever. Sharing this information gives the recipient full access to your account. If you receive an email like this, please forward it to fraud_help@usbank.com or call our Fraud Liaison Center toll-free at 1-877-595-6256. You are receiving this email as a courtesy from U.S. Bank. Please know that you can modify your preferences or unsubscribe at any time by going to: http://www.usbank.com/email View the U.S. Bank Privacy Policy: http://www.usbank.com/privacy Our Web site address is: http://www.usbank.com U.S. Bank BC MN H22N, 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1500 Minneapolis, MN, 55402-7014, USA