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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late last year, a man named Todd wrote a $10,000 check to the Internal Revenue Service. Months later, the government reached out, ...

It was kind of a panic. What else have they gotten into from our checking account? You just don’t know how far it could go." ...

NYPD 70th Precinct warns Brooklyn: mailbox fishing and check washing — drop payments inside post offices and use permanent ...

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. — A couple from Murrysville reported that they mailed their check to pay their monthly bill, but instead of settling their account, they became victims of a scam that cost them ...

There was a time when paying bills came with a sense of security, when people sending checks through the mail could feel certain that their money was going to the right place. That feeling of ...

Check fraud appears to have hit several Houstonians. But one expert says it is not only check washing to be on the lookout ...

A Houston-area woman is out $12,000 after she dropped off her tax payment at the post office and it was allegedly stolen and ...

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), ...

Experts say not only to watch out for "check washing" but "cooking checks".

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 ...