Community State Bank of Orbisonia, Orbisonia, Pennsylvania,
has
contacted
the
Federal
Deposit
Insurance
Corporation
(FDIC)
to
report
that
counterfeit
money
orders
bearing
the
institution's
name are
in
circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number
031317788,
which is
assigned
to
Community
State
Bank of
Orbisonia.
The
counterfeit
money
orders
are
similar
to
authentic
money
orders,
but are
yellow
in
color.
In
addition,
the
counterfeit
items
display
"COMMUNITY
STATE
BANK" on
two
lines
below
the "PAY
TO THE
ORDER
OF"
line.
Authentic money orders display the bank's telephone number ("814-447-5552")
below
the
bank's
logo,
name and
location
in the
lower-left
corner.
If
photocopied,
authentic
money
orders
will
reveal
the word
"VOID."
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic money order (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:
Karl Barry
Information
Technology
Manager
Community
State
Bank of
Orbisonia
Elliott
Street
Orbisonia, Pennsylvania
17243
Telephone:
(814)
447-5508,
extension
237
Fax:
(814)
447-3710
E-mail:
kmbarry@csborbisonisa.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
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).
