SPECIAL ALERT
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has learned that counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on Baltimore Trust Company, Selbyville, Delaware , are in circulation. These items bear the routing number 031100490. Attached for your information is a copy of one of the counterfeit instruments. Note that the name of the town of the bank's office has been misspelled. Any information you have about this matter should be brought to the attention of: Mr. Jorge L. Melendez Counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on First State Bank of California, Granada Hills , California, also are in circulation. The items bear the routing number 857639870. Attached for your information is a copy of one of the counterfeit instruments. Any information you have about this matter should be brought to the attention of: Ms. Mary Fisher Financial institutions are encouraged to develop and implement procedures to reduce the risk of loss associated with this type of fraud. In addition, a lot of 500 money orders, issued by Bank of America, Dallas, Texas , has been reported as stolen. The items bear the routing number 114000019 and are numbered 915100 through 915599. Attached for your information is a copy of one of the stolen instruments that was recently presented for payment. Any information you have about this matter should be brought to the attention of: Mr. Jim Grace Information about these instruments also may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, NW, Room F-4040, Washington, DC 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov . For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2002/index.html . To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Financial Institution Letters through e-mail, please visit http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcement/index.html .
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