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. MelendezAssistant Vice President/Security Baltimore Trust Company One West Church Street P.O. Box 470 Selbyville, DE 19975 Telephone: (302) 436-1316 (302) 436-1505 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 FisherSenior Vice President First State Bank of California 10820 Zelzah Avenue Granada Hills, CA 91344 Telephone: (818) 366-2188 Fax: (818) 366-4093 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 GraceCorporate Investigations Bank of America, NA 901 Main Street, 18th Floor Dallas, TX 75202 Telephone: (214) 209-9097 Fax: (214) 209-9691 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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