Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report
that
counterfeit
treasurer's
checks
bearing
the
institution's
name are
in
circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number
031302780,
which is
assigned
to
Lebanon
Valley
Farmers
Bank.
The
counterfeit
items
are
virtually
identical
to
authentic
treasurer's
checks.
Authentic treasurer's checks have a hidden "VOID" pantograph
throughout
and a
cubed
patterned
background
with
vibrant
colors
changing
from
maroon
to teal
in the
center.
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID)
are
attached
for your
review.
Be aware
that the
appearance
of
counterfeit
items
can be
modified
and that
additional
variations
may be
presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be
brought
to the
attention
of:
Glynnis M. Kofler
Bank
Secrecy
Act
/Security
Officer
Lebanon
Valley
Farmers
Bank
555 Willow Street
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
17046
Telephone:
(717)
274-6860
Cellular:
(717)
269-3100
E-mail:
GKofler@lvfb.com
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents
and
other
fraudulent
activity
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.
Questions
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
website
at
http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2007/index.html
. To
learn
how to
automatically
receive
FDIC
Special
Alerts
through
e-mail,
please
visit
www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
Attachment (not available electronically)
NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to
its Web
site
electronic
images
of
fraudulent
items or
authentic
checks
that
have
been
counterfeited.
This is
to avoid
attempts
by
others
to use
these
instruments
to
facilitate
additional
fraud.
Financial
institutions
can view
images
of the
fraudulent
items
and
authentic
checks
(marked
as VOID)
using
the
FDIC's
free,
secure
Web
site,
FDICconnect.
(See
more
information
about
FDICconnect
at
http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.)
Printed
copies
of each
Special
Alert
and its
attachment(s)
may also
be
obtained
from the
FDIC's
Public
Information
Center
(telephone:
1-877-275-3342
or
703-562-2200;
fax:
703-562-2296;
or
e-mail:
publicinfo@fdic.gov).
