Mail theft and check fraud now cost Americans over $20 billion a year. Learn how checks are stolen, washed, and cashed—and ...

Though only 61% of Americans wrote a check in the last year according to a 2024 survey, officials are still warning people about crime trends related to paper checks. It’s easy to see why; two men in ...

A Tampa woman said a check she wrote out to her child's school was stolen out of the mail, and someone used it to forge a ...

Once considered an old-fashioned crime, check washing has roared back to life with alarming sophistication. Criminals are not just targeting personal checks anymore. They are exploiting every ...

(WJAR) — If you pay your bills by writing a check and popping it in the mailbox, this warning is for you! Bentley University professor and creator of scamicide.com Steve Weisman says authorities have ...

Elisabeth Leamy's tips to avoid a counterfeit-check mail scam. Oct. 8, 2007 — -- After an eight-month investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has arrested 77 people and confiscated $2.1 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - You may pay your bills online, but one man, Mike Smith, in New Hanover County, does things the old-fashioned way, sending in some payments by mail. A decision Smith is now re ...

AND WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE IS THIS SPECIFIC CHECK THAT WAS STOLEN WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO GO TO VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA. NOW, CAROL KENT SAID THAT SHE PUT THE $25 CHECK RIGHT INTO THIS BLUE BOX ...