From Mailbox To Bank Fraud: Check Theft Is Surging And How To Stop It

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

Take extra measures to avoid check fraud

Check Return Schemes. Criminals will send what they claim is a paycheck or other payment by way of a check where they “overpay.” They ask you to deposit it, then return the “extra” money back before ...

Pinellas Park business owner says he had check stolen from mail, caught it before he lost money

Alan Sayler, the owner of Sayler's Suncoast Water, said he mailed a check from the USPS mailbox outside his business last ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN

Tampa woman says she's out thousands of dollars after check stolen from USPS blue mailbox

A Tampa woman said a check she wrote out to her child's school was stolen out of the mail, and someone used it to forge a ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay

Tampa woman with stolen check receives refund, help after being out thousands of dollars

A Tampa woman was out thousands of dollars after she said a check that was supposed to go to her child's school was stolen ...
Yahoo

Former USPS worker pleads guilty to stealing credit cards, checks from the mail — how to protect yourself

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Internal mail theft at the USPS has become an growing concern. Mary Ann Magdamit, a 31-year-old former employee of the United ...
KGUN 9

Citing rampant check fraud, USPS urges Americans not to mail checks

U.S. authorities are urging Americans not to mail checks if they don't absolutely need to. Reports from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said there were at least 680,000 complaints of ...
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 ...