SPECIAL ALERT

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has learned that counterfeit cashier's checks drawn on Community Bank of the Midwest, Great Bend, Kansas , are currently in circulation. The counterfeit items bear the routing number 101107860. The counterfeit instruments appear to be quality copies of a cashier's check recently purchased from the bank. Other elements that indicate a potentially counterfeit instrument include the absence of two signatures (especially on larger dollar checks), and the lack of a typewritten dollar amount. Attached for your information is a copy of one of the counterfeit instruments.

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

Billie Kuhlman
Compliance Administrator
Community Bank of the Midwest
2220 Broadway
Great Bend, Kansas
Telephone: (620) 792-5111
Fax: (620) 792-5168
Website: www.communitybankmidwest.com

Information about these instruments also may be forwarded to the FDIC's Special Activities Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4040, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to alert@fdic.gov .

For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2002/index.html . To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Financial Institution Letters through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcements/index.html .

Attachment (not available electronically)

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (800-276-6003 or (703) 562-2200).