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North Brookfield Savings Bank, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. North Brookfield Savings Bank has been presented with and received several inquiries regarding counterfeit cashier's checks. These items claim to be issued by Integrated Payment Systems, but bear the routing number 211374091, which is assigned to the North Brookfield Savings Bank. The items are part of a "Secret Shoppers Scam," which is reportedly based in Canada. Targets of the scam are instructed to cash the check and return most of the funds to Canada in an effort to determine the efficiency of an international money transfer service. The counterfeit items display a telephone number, which is not associated with the North Brookfield Savings Bank. A copy of the counterfeit item is attached for your review. For inquiries regarding these items, please contact: Kirk Burnham To report this scam or any other scam based in or mailed from Canada, please contact Phonebusters, which is a joint partnership between the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Phonebusters is interested in receiving copies of scam letters, particularly those involving Canadian mailing addresses or telephone numbers. Records relating to the payment of advance fees should also be forwarded to Phonebusters. This intelligence information is used to assist in the strategic targeting of would-be fraudsters. Scam letters should be forwarded to the Phonebusters National Call Center (PNCC) as follows:
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/2006/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html. www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html
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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Last Updated 03/01/2006 | communications@fdic.gov |
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