Virginia bank reports counterfeit cashier's checks

Are you looking for a "side gig"? Would you agree to having your car wrapped with an organic dairy company ad for 10 weeks? If you have received a cashier's check and a letter via Priority Mail with such an opportunity (or you know someone who has received a mailing like that), all you need to do is deposit the check and keep $500 for your first week's "salary," and forward the rest of the money to the decal installers.

Skeptical? You should be, because this describes a counterfeit cashier's check scam reported by Powell Valley Bank in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. The OCC has posted its first Counterfeit Check Alert of 2022 describing the scam and the counterfeit Powell Valley Bank checks. See more details in BankersOnline's Alerts & Counterfeits post.