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Nov.21.2007

Japanese Bankers Association

Results of Survey on Illegal Withdrawals using Counterfeit Cash Cards

JBA surveyed its 184 member banks on the “Quantity and amount of withdrawals using counterfeit cash cards,” “Quantity and amount of illegal withdrawals using Internet banking” and other related topics. The findings, which are outlined in the tables below, were released on November 22.

Table 1 Withdrawals Using Stolen Passbooks
Period	Cases	Amount (million yen)
Apr. ~ Jun. 2003	244	804
Jul. ~ Sep. 2003	183	685
Oct. ~ Dec. 2003	140	246
Jan. ~ Mar. 2004	107	223
Apr. ~ Jun. 2004	55	51
Jul. ~ Sep. 2004	80	71
Oct. ~ Dec. 2004	80	166
Jan. ~ Mar. 2005	53	62
Apr. ~ Jun. 2005	70	58
Jul. ~ Sep. 2005	45	788
Oct. ~ Dec. 2005	61	66
Jan. ~ Mar. 2006	41	38
Apr. ~ Jun. 2006	49	37
Jul. ~ Sep. 2006	40	35
Oct. ~ Dec. 2006	46	65
Jan. ~ Mar. 2007	46	39
Apr. ~ Jun. 2007	53	83
Jul. ~ Sep. 2007	47	54

Table 2 Account Suspensions and Cancellations by Banks Due to Illegal Use
Period	Suspended	Cancelled	Total
Apr. ~ Jun. 2003	733	583 (320)	996
Jul. ~ Sep. 2003	2,512	1,749 (648)	3,613
Oct. ~ Dec. 2003	6,181	5,466 (2,489)	9,158
Jan. ~ Mar. 2004	8,792	8,039 (4,754)	12,077
Apr. ~ Jun. 2004	7,714	7,687 (4,974)	10,427
Jul. ~ Sep. 2004	10,858	8,555 (5,340)	14,073
Oct. ~ Dec. 2004	12,913	9,460 (8,549)	13,824
Jan. ~ Mar. 2005	10,580	7,700 (5,562)	12,718
Apr. ~ Jun. 2005	9,754	7,521 (6,778)	10,497
Jul. ~ Sep. 2005	8,917	8,707 (8,062)	9,562
Oct. ~ Dec. 2005	9,951	9,074 (8,410)	10,615
Jan. ~ Mar. 2006	10,118	13,763 (12,428)	11,453
Apr. ~ Jun. 2006	10,218	8,149 (7,476)	10,891
Jul. ~ Sep. 2006	10,852	8,257 (7,678)	11,431
Oct. ~ Dec. 2006	11,707	8,782 (8,168)	12,321
Jan. ~ Mar. 2007	8,829	7,434 (6,957)	9,306
Apr. ~ Jun. 2007	9,703	7,814 (7,150)	10,367
Jul. ~ Sep. 2007	9,229	6,885 (6,216)	9,898

*The figure in parentheses is the number of cancelled accounts which had previously been suspended.

Table 3 Withdrawals Using Counterfeit Cash Cards
Period	Cases	Amount (million yen)
FY2001	1	19
FY2002	4	16
FY2003	106	298
FY2004	440	968
FY2005	590	739
FY2006	373	367
Apr. ~ Jun. 2007	98	68
Jul. ~ Sep. 2007	27	27

Table 4 Withdrawals Using Stolen Cash Cards
Period	Cases	Amount (million yen)
Oct. ~ Dec. 2005	1,388	921
Jan. ~ Mar. 2006	1,388	787
Apr. ~ Jun. 2006	1,298	653
Jul. ~ Sep. 2006	1,207	611
Oct. ~ Dec. 2006	1,213	599
Jan. ~ Mar. 2007	925	380
Apr. ~ Jun. 2007	862	377
Jul. ~ Sep. 2007	789	320

Table 5 Illegal Withdrawals Using Internet Banking
Period	Cases	Amount (million yen)
Apr. ~ Jun. 2005	2	1
Jul. ~ Sep. 2005	13	12
Oct. ~ Dec. 2005	16	13
Jan. ~ Mar. 2006	8	4
Apr. ~ Jun. 2006	4	12
Jul. ~ Sep. 2006	15	13
Oct. ~ Dec. 2006	17	14
Jan. ~ Mar. 2007	31	19
Apr. ~ Jun. 2007	41	57
Jul. ~ Sep. 2007	56	47