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Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
List of Counterfeit / Lost / Stolen/ Missing/ Forged
Cashier's Checks, Official Checks, and Money Orders: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Not on the list:
Counterfeit
Canadian cashier's checks, counterfeit corporate checks, counterfeit personal checks (with exceptions).
List
of Counterfeit, Stolen, Forged drafts than can be sent to you:
QChex,
US Treasury Checks, Traveler's Checks, Corporate Checks, Personal Checks,
Walmart Money Orders, US Postal Money Orders, International Money Orders (MoneyGrams),
Electronic Checks from Payment Centers (ACH).
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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.
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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check scam and the check is drawn on a US bank, 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 If you are the victim of a counterfeit
check scam and the check is drawn on a Canadian bank, any information
you may have should be brought to the attention of the Office of the
Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada, Compliance Division, 121
King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3T9, Canada, or send information
electronically to
alerte@osfi-bsif.gc.ca |
The following list is
compiled from the
FDIC
Special Alerts, pertinent OCC Alerts,
the Canada Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institution (OFSI)
Warning
Notices, and the Cayman Islands Monetary
Authority.
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WARNINGS
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NOTICES
WARNINGS AND
NOTICES:
WARNINGS:
NOTICES:
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July
2007 |
SA-197-2007: The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) Has Revised
Its List of Entities That Provide a Cayman Islands Contact Address, But
are Not Licensed or Registered to Conduct Business Activities Regulated
by the CIMA |
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June
2007 |
SA-163-2007: Golden Merchant Bank and Dexia Financial Trust May Be
Conducting Banking Operations in Canada or the United States Without
Authorization |
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May 2007 |
SA-128-2007: The FDIC Has Been Notified That Ready State Bank of Panama
is Conducting Unauthorized Banking Activities, Primarily in Caracas,
Venezuela |
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May 2007 |
SA-131-2007: The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
(OSFI) of Canada Has Identified Borealis International as An Entity That
May Be Illegally Operating as a Financial Institution |
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December 2006 |
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) of Canada has
Identified CanadaBank as an Entity that May be Illegally Operating as a
Financial Institution - Canadabank |
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November 2006 |
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) of Canada Has
Identified Five Entities That May Be Illegally Operating as Financial
Institutions: Allied Financial Trust, Toronto, Ontario (www.aftservice.com)
- Century Funding, Key West, Florida - Coopérative d'épargne et de Crédit des
Commercant EF (www.ceccef.EU) - Euro-Amro Bancorp Inc., Vancouver, British
Columbia - Maritime Financial Trust, Toronto, Ontario (www.mftboc.com) |
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September 2006 |
Entities That May Be Conducting Banking Operations in Canada or the United
States Without Authorization - Also see
OSFI Publication 71 (Free
Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
The following
fake bank names are being used in Nigerian scams: Rockval
Holding Corporation, Saint-Émile, Québec; East Bonding Canada Corporation ("East
Bonding"), Saint-Émile, Québec; Societé Canadienne de Cautionnement (Scc) Inc.
(otherwise known as Canadian Bonding Corporation), Saint-Émile, Québec; Gestion
Lamca Inc. (otherwise known as Lamca Holdings Inc.), Saint-Émile, Québec; and
Lincoln Financial Trust, Toronto, Ontario. |
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August 2006 |
Websites with Cayman addresses not registered nor licensed in the Cayman Islands
- Cayman Islands Monetary Authority PDF publication (Free
Adobe Acrobat Reader required) - Web sites posing as legitimate financial
institutions. |
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June 2006 |
SA-171-2006 International
Money Transfer may be Illegally Operating as a Financial Institution |
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June 2005 |
SA-6-2005 Banking license of Sunra International Bank & Trust Corporation Has
Been Revoked by the Financial Institutions Commission of the Republic of Palau
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February 2005 |
SA-19-2005 Entities That May Be Conducting Banking Operations in Canada or the
United States Without Authorization
Any information about
these entities may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550
17th Street, N.W., Room F-4040, Washington, D.C. 20429, or forwarded
electronically to alert@fdic.gov. |
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January 2005 |
SA-23-2005 Counterfeit U.S. Postal Money Orders
Authentic U.S. Postal Money
Orders have a number of distinguishing features, including: ... A
copy of an authentic money order with the features noted can be downloaded from
the Web at
http://www.usps.com/missingmoneyorders/security.htm. Click on the 299 PDF
link on the Web page.
Adobe® Reader® 7.0
Free download |
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March 2003 |
SA-17-2003: Scam Involving Counterfeit Official Checks |
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
unauthorized
banks list:
entities that
may be conducting banking business in the United States illegally or without
authorization: 1996-2006 http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/alert/2006-16a.pdf
Adobe®
Reader® 7.0 Free download
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