Alert 2005-27
ALERT 

    Subject:   Fictitious Bank
Description:  Brink National Bank of Texas

       Date:  December 1, 2005

TO:  Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State
     Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the
     Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance
     Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy
     Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers;
     District Counsel and Examining Personnel

RE:  Brink National Bank of Texas or Brink's National Bank of
     Texas

     The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has been
     advised that persons representing themselves as employees 
     of the above-referenced entity have been contacting other 
     persons.  Please be advised that the referenced entity has
     not been chartered by the OCC and is not authorized to
     conduct the business of banking.
     
     The phone calls made and e-mails issued by officials of this
     unauthorized entity have referred to several different
     schemes, all of which are variations of well-known up-front-
     fee frauds, including the issuance of worthless official
     bank checks.  The contact information being provided for the
     entity includes an unlisted cell phone number originating
     with a Texas cell phone service and an e-mail contact
     through a "@yahoo.com" address.  In addition, the Web site
     used by the referenced entity has been suspended.
     
     Any information that you may have concerning this matter
     should be brought to the attention of:
               E-mail:  occalertresponses@occ.treas.gov
                 Mail:  Office of the Comptroller of the
                        Currency
                        Enforcement & Compliance Division, MS 8-10
                        250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC   20219
                  Fax:  (202) 874-5301

For additional information on this and other types of financial
fraud, please visit OCC's anti-fraud resource at:
http://www.occ.treas.gov/fraudresources.htm .
               

Brian C. McCormally
Director,
Enforcement & Compliance Division