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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...