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 ...

WATERTOWN – Following a report last week on a mailbox fishing scheme in Watertown, WBZ-TV heard from several viewers who said the same thing had happened to them. Thieves have been fishing mail out of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...