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Special Alerts
| SA-145-2005
October 31, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Official Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit
official checks drawn on First National Bank in Alamogordo, Alamogordo,
New Mexico, are reportedly in circulation |
First National Bank in Alamogordo, Alamogordo, New Mexico, has contacted
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit
checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 112202123, which is assigned
to First National Bank in Alamogordo, Alamogordo, New Mexico. The counterfeit
items are similar to authentic items. However, authentic checks are printed
on paper with a background design, and counterfeit items are printed on
paper with graduated color. Authentic checks also have a description directly
below the dollar amount line, which the counterfeit items do not. The counterfeit
items describe the check background and watermark across the top of the
check; authentic checks have no such wording there. A copy of a counterfeit
item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Kelly Nichols
Operations Officer
First National Bank in Alamogordo
414 Tenth Street
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
Telephone: (505)443-5272
Fax: (505) 437-1631
Kelly.nichols@fnbalamo.com
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent
activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial
Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4004, Washington, D.C. 20429,
or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov. Information related to
federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the
FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's
website at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2005/index.html. To learn
how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please
visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
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Christopher J. Spoth |
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Acting Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer
Protection |
Attachment (not available electronically)
NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site
online copies of fraudulent instruments or copies of the genuine instruments
that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use
the
electronic versions of these instruments to facilitate additional fraud.
Printed copies of fraudulent instruments are mailed with the Special Alert
letter to the financial institutions on the letter's distribution
list (generally, FDIC-supervised banks – commercial and savings).
Printed copies of the Special Alert and its attachment(s) may also be
obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW,
Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (telephone: 1-877-275-3342 or (703) 562-2200;
fax:
(703) 562-2296; or e-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
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