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Special Alerts
| SA-161-2005
November 8, 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 PFF Bank & Trust,
Pomona, California, are reportedly in circulation. |
PFF
Bank & Trust, Pomona, California, 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 122037171, which
is assigned to Integrated Payment Systems, Englewood, Colorado, with
the checks issued
through Wells Fargo Bank Ltd., Los Angeles, California. PFF Bank & Trust
issues official checks via Integrated Payment Systems. The counterfeit items
are very similar to authentic checks in style, font and layout. Authentic
checks display a pad lock on the lower-right side and disclose the relationship
with Integrated Payment Systems in the lower-left corner of the check. The
counterfeit items display a "1-800" telephone number on either
the front or the back of the check; this telephone number is not associated
with the bank. A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic official
check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Vincent Galasso
Assistant Vice President – Senior Security Investigator
or
Maria Montenegro – Security Investigator
PFF Bank & Trust
399 Garey Ave
Pomona, California 91767
Telephone: (909) 623-6517
Fax: (909) 629-1832
Vincent.galasso@pffb.com
Maria.montenegro@pffb.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
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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