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The Richmond Fed is aware of current fraud attempts related to the use of Federal Reserve routing numbers, as well as callers purporting to represent the Federal Reserve and requesting personal information such as Social Security numbers. The Federal Reserve provides banking services only for banks, and does not hold accounts for individuals. Please exercise caution and take a look at the fraud resources on this page.