Criminals use chemicals to “wash” away the recipent's name and dollar amount, and then rewrite the check to themselves.

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

Williamson County commissioners voted to write off $20K after a check-washing scam. Here's what the county is doing to ...

Welcome back to the fourth installment of our “Scam Likely” series. Today, we turn to an old-school scam that has made a huge comeback: mail theft ...

Local residents and business owners are urged to be vigilant of check fraud, following one recent example which was preempted ...

The Wyoming County District Attorney’s Office is warning residents and businesses to stay alert as cases of “check washing” fraud continue to increase. District Attorney Joseph C. Peters said the scam ...

A Chicago-area couple lost nearly $11,000 in a check-washing scam, with dozens of locals reporting similar thefts. Criminals altered mailed checks to redirect funds, part of a national rise in check ...

A California couple thought their quarterly tax payment had been handled. The check had cleared, the money had left their ...