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

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

The Clarksville Police Department is investigating an Identity Theft/Check Fraud case and is asking for the public's ...

CLEVELAND, OH / ACCESS Newswire / June 18, 2026 / Financial institutions are warning consumers about a growing wave of mail theft and check fraud, as criminals use increasingly sophisticated tactics t ...

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 ...

For many people — especially younger people — checks have dropped to the wayside as payment options. But almost half of consumers still used checks in 2024, according to the Federal Reserve (1). And ...

HOUSTON — If you’ve ever sent a check only to find it was cashed but never reached the intended recipient, you could be a victim of check washing. It’s a scam where someone alters the name and often ...

Signage outside a Truist Financial Corp. bank branch in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Truist Financial reported adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter that beat the ...

Americans lost $470 million to scams that began with a single text message in 2024, according to data the Federal Trade ...