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OCC Alert 2022-1 - Counterfeit Cashier's Checks

Powell Valley National Bank, Big Stone Gap, VA

The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier’s checks using the bank’s routing number of 051403818 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with potentially various job opportunity scams, including car wrapping.

The counterfeit checks resemble the bank’s authentic item, but may be identified by the following:

Checks presented to date have been made payable in amounts between $1,490 and $200,000 and may contain one of the following remitter names: Kelvin Michael, Dennis Stoffer, Charrlyn Turner, Mark Walters, Jack Wilson, or Powell Valley National Bank.

The checks have been sent to potential victims via United States Postal Service’s Priority Mail and accompany an employment scam letter purporting to be from a well-known organic dairy company. The letter fraudulently informs the recipient of being selected to participate in a 10-week car wrapping campaign to advertise for this company. The letter instructs the recipient to deposit the check into his or her bank account and immediately email and text the scammers a copy of the deposit slip. Recipients of the counterfeit items are told that $500 of the funds are to be considered the first week’s salary; the remainder is to be used to send to the decal installers. Contact information provided by the scammers is a text-only cell phone number of (424) 888-3690 and an email address of  [admin@horizonadvertisement.com].

For additional information and to verify the authenticity of checks drawn on Powell Valley National Bank, please contact the bank’s Compliance Officer at (276) 346-1414, ext. 134, by email at tlarge@powellvalleybank.com, or by mail at P.O. Box 100, Jonesville, VA 24263.

Consumers who receive counterfeit or fictitious items and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:

For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's Fraud Resources page, which also can be found on OCC.gov.

 

Monica A. Freas
Director of Enforcement

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