Expert weighs in on check washing and cooking scheme after Houston woman loses $24K from mailing check

A Houston woman says she lost $24,000 after dropping a check into a U.S. Postal Service collection box, raising concerns ...

Thieves aren't just 'washing' checks taken from mail -- they're also cooking them

We've received numerous reports of check washing and now we're hearing about check cooking. How are thieves doing it and what can you do for protection?
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Police in Northeast Ohio warn of surge in check washing scams

Lt. Bill Vajdich of the Solon Police Department told Good Morning Cleveland anchor Mike Brookbank that criminals are ...

Houston-area woman says check washing scheme cost her more than $12,000 after mailing tax payment

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." ...
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Check Washing Is an $815M Per Year Scam — How It Works and Ways To Prevent It

Every day the United States Postal Service (USPS) delivers millions of personal and business checks. But during its journey from the postal service to a final destination, a check can very easy be ...

Man swindles over $20,000 by washing stolen checks, police say

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A Bronx man is accused of swindling more than $20,000 through check washing, according to the Suffolk ...

A woman dropped off a check at the post office. Now she's out $12,000.

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 altered. (KHOU 11) ...
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Check washing is a very difficult crime to prevent, experts say. Here's what happened to business owners on Long Island.

Long Island business owners who went out of their way to pay bills the safe way, or so they thought, issued a warning on Tuesday. Their mail got stolen anyway. It's all part of a crime called check ...
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Thieves are ‘washing’ NC homeowners’ property tax checks. How to avoid the scam.

A U.S. Postal Service employee checks a blue mail collection box in this agency photo. Taxpayers and others across North Carolina have fallen victim to check-washing scams after their checks were ...