According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), "check washing" fraud is inflicting substantial financial damage on ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH — Police are asking older adults in Allegheny County to be aware of a new fraud scheme. District Attorney Stephen Zappala said an ongoing “check washing” scam is happening in the area. In ...

Their mail got stolen anyway. It's all part of a crime called check washing, and experts say it's very difficult to prevent.

The grandmother on a fixed income said she dropped three checks into a mailbox outside the North Babylon Post Office, but none made it to the payees.

It may seem as though check-writing is becoming a lost art, but it remains a popular way to send money. A recent study from Abrigo, which makes fraud-prevention software, found that 61% of Americans ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- There's a scam that just won't go away! We're talking about check washing. That's when a scammer steals a check from your mailbox and literally, washes the ink right off it. After ...

CLEVELAND — Attorney Richard Herman is scrolling through Reddit, looking for other victims like himself. "After we reported this in December, another check went through in January." Herman says ...