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Two sometimes inter-related crimes pose a threat to your bottom line: phishing and identity fraud. For that reason, we have pulled together a comprehensive set of articles, links, Q&As and tools relating to each of them.
Dictionary.com defines phishing as: the practice of luring unsuspecting Internet users to a fake Web site by using authentic-looking email with the real organization's logo, in an attempt to steal passwords, financial or personal information, or introduce a virus attack; the creation of a Web site replica for fooling unsuspecting Internet users into submitting personal or financial information or passwords.
BankersOnline.com has compiled an extensive list of banking related phishing articles, tools and much more.
Affidavit of forgery - sample form for the drawer of a check to attest that a forgery has taken place
Alien Identification Procedures
BOL User Leslie Callaway has contributed information that relates to identification of alien customers and risk assessment data relating to lending to aliens, from diplomats to NRAs.
EIN and SSN Background
BOL User James Richards, author of the book "Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money Laundering" (CRC Press 1998) [Editor's Note: Watch for the second edition, coming soon!], has written up a detailed explanation of how EINs and SSNs work, including a table showing EIN allocations by IRS Service Center. Scroll down to page 15 of this document for the EIN/SSN info.
I.D. Verification - PLEASE
BOL User Brenda Canterbury notes that one of the old stand-bys for remembering driver's license ID verification procedures is the acronym PLEASE. This html page explains how it works.
- I.D. Verficiation - PLEASE
Privacy Police Tools Privacy Police graphics - a humorous, but effective, way to let your employees know they've been caught with an information security infraction.
SKIPO Training Game
BOL Users Leslie Callaway and Melissa Langley (Sandy Spring Bank) have shared a game they created -- SKIPO Jeopardy -- to train their employees on Suspicious Activity, Know Your Customer, Information Security, Privacy/Identity Theft, and OFAC. Try it -- and let them know what you think! (There are two sets below -- choose from PDF or Word .doc)
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