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February 10, 2010

WARNING - Fraudulent Emails Circulating

ALERT – 2/10/10
We have recently been made aware that Macatawa Bank’s name is being used in a new Phishing email. A portion of the fraudulent email is shown below:

Dear Customer,

Macatawa Bank Corporation carrying out a major system upgrade. This upgrade became necessary following recent security threats. Consequently, in the next few days, you may notice temporary interruption when using online banking to access your account. To experience a smoother and more secure online banking, please update your information in our records. The link below will guide you through the process:

The e-mail is fraudulent, and recipients should not click on the link.

Clicking on links in such e-mails could enable the fraudsters to download malicious software into victims’ computers and steal passwords and other account identifiers.

Macatawa Bank will NEVER ask you to reveal your account information or password via email or over the phone.

If you have received a email similar to this or if you have already clicked on the link and provided your information, please contact Macatawa Bank immediately at 877-820-2265.