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Special Alerts
| SA-148-2005
November 01, 2005
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security
Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit
Money Orders and Treasurer's Checks |
| Summary: |
Counterfeit
money orders and treasurer's checks
drawn on Country Bank for Savings, Ware, Massachusetts. |
Country
Bank for Savings, Ware, Massachusetts, 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 211870980, which is assigned
to Country Bank for Savings,
Ware, Massachusetts. The counterfeit money
orders are relatively similar to authentic money orders. However, the
font size is different and the counterfeit items do not state “Not Valid
Over $1,000.00." A copy of a counterfeit item and an authentic money
order check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Country Bank for Savings is also reporting that counterfeit treasurer's
checks are in circulation. These checks appear to be based on the bank's
money orders, rather than its treasurer's checks. 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:
April E. Gay
Assistant Vice President and Security Officer
Country Bank for Savings
75 Main Street
Ware, Massachusetts 01082
Telephone: (800) 322-8233 Ext. 2102 (Toll-free)
Fax: (413) 967-3289
agay@countrybank.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 |
Attachments (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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