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Special Alert: SA2007001

Bulletin Document

V 1

Date: June 21, 2007

To: All Issuing Offices

RE: FDIC Special Alert Notices SA-110-2007 through SA-149-2007

Dear Associates:

This Bulletin is to advise you, in accordance with Stewart Information Services Corporation's ("SISCO") Anti-Fraud Plan, that the FDIC has issued the above-referenced Special Alert Notices. In order to view these and other Special Alert Notices issued by the FDIC, please refer to the website address listed below:

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2007/index.html

If you suspect an attempt to defraud or a fraud should ever be perpetrated against any SISCO Family Underwriter and/or its agents, please report the activity immediately to:

Mary Payne Thomas
Special Alerts
Stewart Legal Services
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
1980 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 710
Houston, Texas 77056
(800) 729-1902
(713) 629-2248 FAX
mthomas@stewart.com EMAIL

For on-line viewing of this bulletin, log onto http://specialalerts.stewart.com/

THIS BULLETIN IS FURNISHED TO INFORM YOU OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS. AS A REMINDER, YOU ARE CHARGED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENT ON VIRTUAL UNDERWRITER AS IT EXISTS FROM TIME TO TIME AS IT APPLIES TO YOU, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER INSTRUCTIONS. OUR UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTS DO NOT AUTHORIZE OUR ISSUING AGENTS TO ENGAGE IN SETTLEMENTS OR CLOSINGS ON BEHALF OF STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY. THIS BULLETIN IS NOT INTENDED TO DIRECT YOUR ESCROW OR SETTLEMENT PRACTICES OR TO CHANGE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTS. CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY, OR NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION SHOULD NEVER BE SHARED OR DISSEMINATED EXCEPT AS ALLOWED BY LAW. IF APPLICABLE STATE LAW OR REGULATION IMPOSES ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

FDIC Special Alert Notices SA-110-2007 through SA-149-2007

SA-110-2007	Counterfeit Official Checks	The Bank of Brodhead	Wisconsin
SA-111-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	First Indiana Bank	Indiana
SA-112-2007	Fraudulent letters claiming to be from FDIC
SA-113-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Latimer State Bank	Oklahoma
SA-114-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	River Valley State Bank	Wisconsin
SA-115-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Border State Bank	Minnesota
SA-116-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Mercantile Southern Maryland Bank	Maryland
SA-117-2007	Counterfeit Official/ Cashier's Checks	The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia	Mississippi
SA-118-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Frontenac Bank	Missouri
SA-119-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Temecula Valley Bank	California
SA-120-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Lincoln County Bank	Wisconsin
SA-121-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	TriCentury Bank	Kansas
SA-122-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	North Shore Bank	Massachusetts
SA-123-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Millennium State Bank of Texas	Texas
SA-124-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	The Bank of Carbondale	Illinois
SA-125-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	The First Bank and Trust Company	Virginia
SA-126-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Metcalf Bank	Kansas
SA-127-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Marblehead Savings Bank	Massachusetts
SA-128-2007	Unauthorized Banking Activities	Ready State Bank of Panama	Republic of Panama
SA-129-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	First Community Bank, N.A.	Virginia
SA-130-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Empire Bank	Missouri
SA-131-2007	Illegally Operating as a Financial Institution	Borealis International	Canada
SA-132-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Merrimac Savings Bank	Massachusetts
SA-133-2007	Counterfeit Official/ Cashier's Checks	Provident Bank of Maryland	Maryland
SA-134-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	East West Bank	California
SA-135-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Nova Savings Bank	Pennsylvania
SA-136-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Capital Crossing, a division of Lehman Brothers Bank	Massachusetts
SA-137-2007	Fraudulent Cashier's Checks	Hoosac Bank	Massachusetts
SA-138-2007	Fraudulent Checks	CIB Marine Bankshares	Wisconsin
SA-139-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Independence Bank of Kentucky	Kentucky
SA-140-2007	Fraudulent Facsimile Letters Claiming to be from FDIC
SA-141-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Arrowhead Bank	Texas
SA-142-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Harford Bank	Maryland
SA-143-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Piscataqua Savings Bank	New Hampshire
SA-144-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Bonneville Bank	Utah
SA-145-2007	Counterfeit Official Checks	First American Bank	Alabama
SA-146-2007	Counterfeit Money Orders	First Texas Bank	Texas
SA-147-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Table Rock Community Bank	Missouri
SA-148-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Territorial Savings Bank	Hawaii
SA-149-2007	Counterfeit Cashier's Checks	Zavala County Bank	Texas

References

Bulletins Replaced:

Related Bulletins:

Underwriting Manual:

Exceptions Manual:

Forms: