WASHINGTON — Two banks last week reported finds of circulating counterfeit checks appearing to be from their institutions.
Webster Bank, N.A. of Waterbury, Conn., reported that counterfeit official checks have been issued with a false routing number and are being presented for payment as part of a lottery scam. The fake items appear similar to the real checks, but can be identified by the following characteristics:
oCounterfeit items display a fictitious account number of 001302520010001;
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