If you're a victim of check fraud: Reach out to your bank, local police and the USPIS immediately. Banks may be able to ...

Now it’s cause for concern — all because of check washing, an old-school scam that has become big business. Every year, the U ...

Criminals use chemicals to “wash” away the recipent's name and dollar amount, and then rewrite the check to themselves.

A Tennessee county mailed a check for $881.08. By the time the payment was altered, officials said, it had become a ...

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

Williamson County commissioners voted to write off $20K after a check-washing scam. Here's what the county is doing to ...

Local residents and business owners are urged to be vigilant of check fraud, following one recent example which was preempted ...

A Chicago-area couple lost nearly $11,000 in a check-washing scam, with dozens of locals reporting similar thefts. Criminals altered mailed checks to redirect funds, part of a national rise in check ...

Welcome back to the fourth installment of our “Scam Likely” series. Today, we turn to an old-school scam that has made a huge comeback: mail theft ...