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Special Alerts
| SA-150-2005
November 01, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Official Checks
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| Summary: |
Counterfeit checks drawn on Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston, New York, are reportedly in circulation.
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Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston, New York, 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
proper routing number of 221971264 for Ulster Savings Bank. However, the fraudulent items
are referred to as official checks, whereas authentic checks are not described as a specific
type of check. The style of the checks is different. The counterfeit items display the date
and the dollar amount of the check below boxes on the right side of the check; authentic checks
do not have boxes. The counterfeit items also reflect a "Drawer" on the left side of the check.
Authentic checks display "Memo" in that area of the check. A copy of a counterfeit item and a
copy of an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the
attention of:
Ulster Savings Bank Call Center: 1-845-338-6322, Extensions 3421 or 3205
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
Web site 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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