Financial
Scams
 Beware
of this latest e-mail scam!
Did
You Get Your Anti-Terrorist
Certificate?
SCENARIO/METHOD: Did
you or your family members
receive an official looking
letter in the mail addressed
to you as a financial institution
customer? The letter states
that you cannot transact
any more business until you
pay $25,000 for an Anti-Terrorist
Certificate.
FinCEN has
issued a warning notifying
financial institutions that
letters masquerading as "Anti-Terrorist
Stop Orders" are
being received by financial
institution customers. These
letters, which purport to
be from FinCEN, tell customers
they need to pay $25,000
for the issuance of an Anti-Terrorist
Certificate. There are several
flavors of the letters --
some claim FinCEN is freezing
assets and endorsing investment
schemes. The common thread
is that they are ALL bogus.
FinCEN
does NOT have the authority
to freeze assets and does
NOT endorse investment schemes.
For more information
and to view a
sample letter,
click on this
link: http://www.fincen.gov/letterscamalert.pdf
LOSS
CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Do
not provide any information
- Do
not send any funds to any
address listed in the letters
- Do
not follow any instructions
contained in the letters
to access their accounts
on-line
- If
you receive a letter notify
FinCEN at webmaster@fincen.treas.gov
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