Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a resident of Palm Beach's Midtown mailed a check in November to pay her Palm Beach County property taxes, she signed on the ...

Scammers have multiple ways to get their hands on your checks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was a time when paying bills came with a sense of security, when people sending checks through the mail could feel certain ...

Check washing is a form of fraud where criminals steal mail and use common household chemicals to erase the ink on the "pay ...

The Wintergreen Police Department said they have seen an increase in check washing schemes affecting the community.

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An investigation is underway into a check washing scheme, with all of the cases coming back to one Allegheny County post office. The Ross Township Police Department says it’s ...

Despite seeming retro, check fraud is experiencing a surprising resurgence, with criminals stealing billions of dollars through these schemes. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), ...

A woman from Cary says she has been the victim of a check fraud scheme for more than a year. She said employees at her credit union caught one instance of check washing earlier this year, then she had ...

SPRING VALLEY VILLAGE, Texas — A Houston-area woman said she lost more than $12,000 after her property tax check was allegedly stolen and altered in a potential check-washing scheme. “You think you’re ...

A Palm Beach resident discovered that her $40,000 property tax check was altered and cashed by someone else — leading to the third check washing-related arrest in Palm Beach in a month. Check washing ...