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Out-of-State Car Buyer Sends a Check? Here’s Your Safety Playbook

A stranger offering to buy a valuable car from hundreds of miles away may sound like a stroke of luck, but it’s also the opening move in one of the oldest scams in the book. Fake-check fraud thrives ...
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Cases of check fraud escalate dramatically, with Americans warned not to mail checks if possible

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Check fraud is back in a big ...
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Feds: South Jersey counterfeit-check ring caused big losses for banks

A Mount Laurel woman has admitted her role in a counterfeit-check ring alleged to have duped banks across South Jersey. Yasmene Johnson, 29, was part of a group that stole hundreds of checks, then ...
WSPA

Check fraud: How mail theft could drain your bank account

(WSPA) – The US Post Office said mail theft is a growing problem. One Greenville man learned that the hard way when someone stole his checks right out of his mailbox. In this 7NEWS Here to Help ...
KHON2

Hawaiʻi nonprofits warned about fake donation check scam

City officials state that fraudulent donors send checks with large amounts and request a portion of the check be refunded, before the nonprofit discovers the check is fake. Alias names like “Leonardo ...
American Banker

St. Louis man sentenced to six years for check-fraud scheme

Last Tuesday, a federal judge sentenced a St. Louis man to six years in prison for orchestrating a check-fraud ring that stood to defraud banks and customers of $6 million. Processing Content The ...