Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten days after mailing a $1,640 check through the U.S. Postal Service, a Hilton Head couple found the sum had been “mobile ...

A Tennessee county mailed a check for $881.08. By the time the payment was altered, officials said, it had become a ...

Mail theft and check fraud now cost Americans over $20 billion a year. Learn how checks are stolen, washed, and cashed—and ...

The checks are in the mail, and unfortunately thieves these days are well aware of that. Reports of mail theft are soaring nationwide, as criminal rings now steal, "wash," and rewrite personal checks.

A Lombard couple is out thousands of dollars after they wrote two checks, not even close to that amount. They said they're victims of a check washing scheme, and believe it is taking place at their ...

The checks are in the mail and, unfortunately thieves these days are well aware of that. Reports of mail theft are soaring nationwide, as criminal rings now steal, “wash” and rewrite personal checks.