U.S. Treasury Department - Important Information **

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

Important:
You're getting this letter in connection with new directives issued by U.S. Treasury Department. The directives concern U.S. Federal Wire online payments.

On November 5, 2008 a large-scaled phishing attack started and has been still lasting. A great number of banks and credit unions is affected by this attack and quantity of illegal wire transfers has reached an extremely high level.

U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in common worked out a complex of immediate actions for the highest possible reduction of fraudulent operations. We regret to inform you that definite restrictions will be applied to all Federal Wire transfers from November 10 till November 18.

Here you can get more detailed information regarding the affected banks and U.S. Treasury Department restrictions:

http://usabanks.us-bankconnect.net/bb/586515061/

Federal Reserve Bank System Administration