Shell Lake State Bank, Shell Lake, Wisconsin, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit personal money orders bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the proper routing number of 091809472 for Shell Lake State Bank. The counterfeit items and the authentic items are similar. However, authentic money orders have an amount box outline, which the counterfeit items are missing. The authentic and counterfeit items are light tan in color with light blue borders. A copy of a counterfeit item and a copy of an authentic item (VOID) are attached for your review.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Ray Witte
Vice President and Cashier
Shell Lake State Bank
102 5th Avenue
P.O. Box 130
Shell Lake, WI 54871
Telephone: (715) 468-7858
Fax: (715) 468-7941
ShellLakeBank@centurytel.net
Information about these instruments 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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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)
