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Special Alerts
| SA-155-2005
November 4, 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 Webster Bank, National
Association, Waterbury, Connecticut, are reportedly in circulation. |
Webster Bank, National Association, Waterbury, Connecticut, 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 092005411, which
is assigned to Travelers Express. Webster Bank, National Association, Waterbury,
Connecticut, issues official checks through Travelers Express. Some counterfeit
items are relatively similar to the authentic checks, while others have
more distinguishing characteristics. Authentic checks do not display a telephone
number, while one version of the counterfeit items displays a telephone
number. Copies of two counterfeit items and an authentic check (VOID) are
attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to
the attention of:
Denise M. Walker
Vice President, Corporate Security
Webster Bank, National Association
P. O. Box 54
Waterbury, Connecticut 06702
Telephone: (203) 346-6047
Fax: (203) 573-7928
dwalker@websterbank.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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