Money orders drawn on North Fork Bank, Mattituck, New York, are reported as stolen

North Fork Bank, Mattituck, New York, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that money orders were stolen. These instruments display the routing number 021407912, which is assigned to North Fork Bank. Serial numbers on the stolen money orders range from 81524101 to 81524200.

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

Edward Hausdorf
Senior Vice President and Director of Security
North Fork Bank
275 Broadhollow Road
Melville, New York 11747
Phone: (631) 531-2910
Fax: (631) 531-2748
E-mail: ehausdorf@nfb.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. Thompson
Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection