Each depositor insured to at least $250,000 per insured bank

Kleberg First National Bank of Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit expense checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. The counterfeit items are reportedly associated with a lottery sweepstakes scam.

The counterfeit items display the routing number 114912686, which is assigned to Kleberg First National Bank of Kingsville. The items are nearly identical to authentic expense checks; however, the counterfeit items display a solid dark top border containing the following security statement: "THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A COLORED BACKGROUND ON WHITE PAPER AND ORGINAL DOCUMENT SECURITY SCREEN ON BACK WITH PADLOCK SECURITY ICON."

Authentic official checks are light brown and display a dark brown trim along the top and bottom borders. The following security feature statement is displayed within the top border: "THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A COLORED BACKGROUND ON WHITE PAPER."

Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Please be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.

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

Brad Womack
Vice President and Controller
Kleberg First National Bank of Kingsville
100 East Kleberg Street
P.O. Box 911
Kingsville, Texas 78364-0911
Telephone: (361) 595-2924
Fax: (509) 593-1519
E-mail: brad.womack@klebergbank.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. Questions 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/2009/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.

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NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site electronic images of fraudulent items or authentic checks that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use these instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Financial institutions can view images of the fraudulent items and authentic checks (marked as VOID) using the FDIC's free, secure Web site, FDICconnect. (See more information about FDICconnect at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.) Printed copies of each Special Alert and its attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center (telephone: 1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200; fax: 703-562-2296; or e-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov).

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)