At the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), one of our most important functions is to alert consumers when new financial frauds and scams arise. An archive of previous consumer alerts issued by DFI are listed below.
| Date |
Alert |
| (11/20/06) |
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks Drawn On Bank Reale, Pasco, Washington, Are Reportedly In Circulation |
| (11/17/06) |
Counterfeit Money Orders Bearing The Name Columbia Bank, Seattle, Washington, Are Reportedly In Circulation |
| (11/02/06) |
Fraudulent Customer Service Email Claims To Be From Fibre Federal Credit Union |
| (10/26/06) |
NASAA Warns Online Investors To Beware Of Hack Attacks |
| (10/23/06) |
SCAM: Fradulent Check From FDN Distributors Co. |
| (10/19/06) |
Fraudulent e-mail claims to be from the FDIC |
| (10/05/06) |
Fraudulent e-mail claims to be from the FDIC |
| (09/29/06) |
E-mail phishing attack using FDIC Office of the Inspector General (OIG) letterhead. |
| (09/13/06) |
Fraudulent e-mail claims to be from the FDIC |
| (09/08/06) |
FFIEC Guidance Deadline Will Lead to surge in Phishing, warns OCC |
| (08/09/06) |
"American General Financial Services"
is not affiliated with American General Financial Services, Inc., a subsidiary of American International Group (AIG) |
| (07/14/06) |
Counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the name 1st Security Bank of Washington, Lynnwood, Washington, are reportedly in circulation. |
| (07/06/06) |
Rainier Pacific Bank of Tacoma Reports Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
| (06/02/06) |
Escrow Agent Fraud Alerts - Unlicensed Companies Possibly Involved in Escrow-related Frauds |
| (05/11/06) |
"Washington Financial"
- No Affiliation with Washington Financial Group, Inc. |
| (04/28/06) |
Sterling Savings Bank of Spokane Reports Counterfeit Cashier's Checks |
| (04/18/06) |
1st Security Bank of Washington – Reports Counterfeit Checks |
| (02/27/06) |
Mutual One Investments – Not Located in Washington |
| (02/03/06) |
KraftPay Company Not Located in Washington |
| (01/09/06) |
Citi Trust Financial Group Not Located in Washington |
| (12/22/05) |
Investors Must Do Their Homework Before Investing in 529 College Savings Plans |
| (12/19/05) |
Senior Investors: Check "Senior Specialists" Credentials Carefully |
| (12/12/05) |
Advantage America Advance Fee Scam |
| (10/18/05) |
United Lending Group Scam - Not Located in Washington |
| (10/18/05) |
First Morgan Finance - Unknown in Washington |
| (09/01/05) |
Beware Of Hurricane-Related Scams |
| (08/24/05) |
Deleware Financial Group Internet Scam Linked to Vancouver Trust Company |
| (08/22/05) |
Nigerian Advance Fee Email and Postal Scam |
| (07/28/05) |
Vancouver Trust Company Advance Fee Loan Internet Scam |
| (07/26/05) |
TransCredit Financial Advance Fee Loan Internet Scam |
| (07/18/05) |
Valtrus Capital Advance Fee Loan Internet Scam |
| (06/20/05) |
Credit Card Numbers Stolen |
| (02/07/05) |
FTC Releases Annual Report on Consumer Complaints |
| (02/07/05) |
Sun King Financial Newspaper Ad Scam |
| (01/31/05) |
Trafalger Group Internet Scam |
| (01/18/05) |
ATM Scam |
| (01/17/05) |
"E-Z Check Cash" Internet Scam |
| (01/17/05) |
Largo Financial Internet Scam |
| (11/05/03) |
Mortgage Interest Rates Alert |
| (Oct. 03) |
What You Should Know About Mortgage Rate Locks |
