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Special Alerts
| SA-19-2006
February 8, 2006
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| TO: |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer) |
| SUBJECT: |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
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| Summary: |
Counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on Hampden Savings Bank, Springfield, Massachusetts, are reportedly in circulation.
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Hampden Bank (formerly Hampden Savings Bank), Springfield, Massachusetts, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report
that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name
are in circulation.
The counterfeit items
display the routing number 211870977, which is assigned to Hampden Bank,
but are dissimilar to authentic checks.
The counterfeit
items display the words "Cashier's Check" at the top-center
portion of the item. "Hampden Savings Bank" is printed in the
top-left corner above the bank's address, in which the city name is
misspelled. The counterfeit items are printed on paper with a blue background.
Authentic cashier's checks bear the words "CASHIER'S
CHECK" at the top-center portion of the check, along with an issuing
branch office name. "Hampden Bank" is printed in the top-left
corner above "Hampden Savings Bank, Springfield, Massachusetts" and
below the bank's two rolling-hills logo. Authentic checks are printed
on pink paper.
Copies of a counterfeit
item and an authentic cashier's
check (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the
attention of:
Edward
J. Kuchyt
Assistant Vice President/Security Officer
Hampden Bank
19 Harrison Avenue
Springfield, MA 01103
Telephone: (413) 736-1812
Fax: (413) 747-7427
Email: ekuchyt@hampdenbank.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, 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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