Financial experts are reporting an alarming rise in check fraud scams this 2023. At the time, crime rates in such instances increased to 400%. Thieves siphoned off a staggering $26.2 billion from ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lot of things have changed over the years but since 1915, the red flag on a mailbox has meant the same thing, there's mail in the mailbox to be picked up. It's called a carrier ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thieves are snagging checks from the mail and using check washing tactics to alter them and steal from you. Thieves changed one woman's check from $9 to more than $9,000 and cashed it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. While the crime may seem like something from another era, mail theft is big ...

There are posts online warning that an old, low-tech form of fraud called “check washing” is on the rise. It involves thieves stealing checks out of mailboxes and rewriting them. “Check washing” is a ...

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 ...