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Special Alerts
| SA-75-2004
October 18, 2004
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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 Umpqua Bank, Roseburg, Oregon, are reportedly in circulation.
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Umpqua Bank, Roseburg, Oregon, 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 proper routing number of 123205054 for Umpqua Bank. The counterfeit items and the authentic checks are very similar. A copy of a counterfeit item and a copy of 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:
Christina Russell
Loss Prevention Specialist
Umpqua Bank
Corporate Security and Loss Prevention
6610 SW Cardinal Lane, 1st Floor
Tigard, Oregon 97224
Telephone: (971) 544-1194
Fax: (503) 968-0227
christinarussell@umpquabank.com
Information about these instruments may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4040, 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/2004/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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Michael J. Zamorski |
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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, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (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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