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Counterfeit Check and Money Order Fraud: Ruining lives and families by the thousands

Nigerian Counterfeit Check Fraud: Overpayment Scam

FAQ's

EXTORTION AND THREATS

How it starts

Matching the check scam to your situation

Where do the checks come from?

Cheating the honest man

Who ends up paying the price?

How to REALLY verify that check

Verifying a Cashier's Check

Verifying a Money Order

What to do about wired funds

What smart people are doing

Know Your Customer (KYC)

 The Bank's Role

What does "Clearing" a check REALLY mean?

Western Union: Wiring Money Into the Void

Warnings:

Post banks &

Check cashing stores

Federal Counterfeit Check Law

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Letter sent by Fraud-Aid to the Comptroller of the Currency requesting US National Bank guidelines for Nigerian Counterfeit Check Fraud warnings and victim depositors.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) List of Counterfeit / Lost / Stolen/ Missing/ Forged

Cashier's Checks, Official Checks, and Money Orders: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Warnings, Alerts, and Notices

 

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WARNING! This is not a complete list.  New checks are stolen every day and used in check scams of all kinds, including corporate and personal checks.

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If you do not find your check on this list, that DOES NOT MEAN it is safe.  Always contact the account holder to ask if the check you have was made out to you.

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If you are the victim of a counterfeit check cashing scam, submit your complaint to FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th St., NW, Room F-4040, Washington, D.C. 20429, or send your information electronically to alert@fdic.gov

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Macatawa Bank, Holland

Main Street Bank, Covington

Malibu Trust Company, The (May actually be located in Canada - they send counterfeit checks to their victims.  Please contact the RCMP hotline and email the FDIC: alert@fdic.gov)

Manhattan State Bank, Manhattan

Manulife Financial Services, 500 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - May Be Conducting Banking Operations in Canada or the United States Without Authorization

Marblehead Savings Bank, Marblehead

Marine Bank, Springfield, Illinois

Maritime Financial & Security Co., Toronto, Ontario, Canada (www.marfinco.com) May Be Conducting Banking Operations in Canada or the US Without Authorization - July, 2005

Maritime Financial Trust, Toronto, Ontario - November, 2006

Mascoma Savings Bank, Lebanon

Marquette National Bank, Chicago

MB Financial Bank, N.A., Chicago

McAllen National Bank, McAllen

McIntosh State Bank, Jackson, Georgia

Melrose Co-operative Bank, Melrose

Mercantile Bank, Orlando

Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Baltimore

Mercantile Southern Maryland Bank, Leonardtown

Merchants and Farmers Bank, Kosciusko

Merchants and Manufacturers Bank, Joliet

Merchants & Southern Bank, Gainesville

Merchants Bank, Jackson

Meridian Bank, Fort Worth

Merrill Lynch Trust Company, FSB, Somerset, New Jersey

Merrimac Savings Bank, Merrimac

Metcalf Bank, Overland Park

Metropolitan National Bank, Little Rock - July 2006  

Metropolitan National Bank, Little Rock - August 2006

Middlesex Savings Bank, Natick

Midsouth Bank, Beaumont, Texas

Mid-Wisconsin Bank, Medford

Milford Savings Bank, Milford

Millbury Savings Bank, Millbury

Millennium Bank, Dallas

Mills County State Bank, Goldthwaite

Monongahela Valley Bank (The), Inc., Fairmont

Monroe Bank & Trust, Monroe

Monson Savings Bank, Monson - November 3, 2005

Monson Savings Bank, Monson - April 12, 2006

Morton Community Bank, Morton

Mountain National Bank, Sevierville

 

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