Counterfeit personal money orders drawn on The Peoples Community Bank, Mazomanie, Wisconsin, are reportedly in circulation

The Peoples Community Bank, Mazomanie, Wisconsin, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit personal money orders bearing the institution's name are in circulation.

The counterfeit items display the routing number 075906016, which is assigned to The Peoples Community Bank, and are very similar to authentic personal money orders in style and layout. However, the counterfeit items do not have a micro-print signature line, watermark or thermochromic icon. A copy of a counterfeit item and a copy of an authentic personal money order (VOID) are attached for your review.

Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:

Nancy Maxwell
Senior Vice President
The Peoples Community Bank
222 West Commercial Street
Mazomanie, Wisconsin 53560
Telephone: (608) 795-2120
Fax: (608) 588-2311
e-mail: nmaxwell@charterinternet.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. Information 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/2006/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.

Sandra L. ThompsonActing Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection