EFTA00030207.pdf

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To: 
Law Enforcement Agent Requesting SAR Backup Documentation 
From: 
Raymond Duncan, Vice President — Financial Intelligence Unit 
Cc: 
Scott McFarland, Director — Financial Intelligence Unit 
Subject: 
Supporting Documentation for Cardholder/Merchant Data Prepared for 
Law Enforcement 
*Disclaimer: the information provided in the accompanying spreadsheets and described below is 
provided solely for aiding investigation purposes and does not represent official American 
Express data from the respective systems of record. Official documents are maintained and have 
been/will be provided upon request. 
I) TABLE OF CONTENTS 
American Express Card Account Organization 
1 
Card Data Format  
2 
Prepaid Card Account Organization 
3 
Reloadable Card Data Format  
3 
Prepaid Gift Card Data Format  
5 
Merchant Account Organization  
6 
Merchant Data Format  
6 
Personal Savings Account Organization 
8 
Personal Savings Account Data Format  
8 
2) AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD ACCOUNT ORGANIZATION 
Every American Express credit and charge card has a unique fifteen-digit number ("Card 
Number"). The first eleven digits of this number identify the credit card account ("Card Member 
Account") to which this card belongs. For each Card Member Account there is a primary card 
member who is responsible for paying the balance on all of the supplemental cards associated 
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with the account. Up to 99 supplemental cards may be associated with a single account. If a 
primary card member has 10 supplemental cards, all II cards would have the same first 11 
numbers. The last four digits of the 11 respective card accounts would be different. 
3) CARD DATA FORMAT (EXCEL SPREADSHEET TABS) 
For investigation purposes only, the Financial Intelligence Unit divides internal data on card 
members into several major categories: Demographic Information ("Demo"), Address, 
Telephone, Record of Charges ("ROC"), Payment, Wire Payments, Returned Payment, A…
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