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

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 check for thousands of dollars. She said it overdrafted her account, causing a ...

The City of Mercer Island recovered more than $370,000 from a check fraud scheme it fell victim to in 2025.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- Stealing and forging checks is nothing new, but is it getting easier to do because of mobile phone banking? Check fraud costs consumers and banks $900 million per ...

The use of checks may be declining, but check crimes are actually on the rise due to new, creative criminal schemes. Once a ...

Late last year, a man named Todd wrote a $10,000 check to the Internal Revenue Service. Months later, the government reached out, wondering where his payment was. After following up with Wells Fargo, ...

Checks are an ancient form of payment with beginnings tracing back to the Roman Empire – but demand for these payments shows no signs of abating. The North American reliance on checks may seem like an ...

Police in Amherst, N.S., arrested two men earlier this week for fraud. Police allege two cheques were stolen from a business ...

Fraudsters can open bank accounts using stolen personal information like your name, address, Social Security number, and existing account details. Check for unauthorized accounts by reviewing ...

As scams grow more sophisticated, at least you have one less thing to worry about—cheque fraud. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) implemented the Positive Pay System (PPS) back in 2021, which has ...