Portland Press Herald

Finance Tip: using gel pens can help prevent check fraud

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Yahoo

Thieves are ‘washing’ NC homeowners’ property tax checks. How to avoid the scam.

A U.S. Postal Service employee checks a blue mail collection box in this agency photo. Taxpayers and others across North Carolina have fallen victim to check-washing scams after their checks were ...
WBAY

CONSUMER FIRST ALERT: Use gel pens to write checks

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Consumer First Alert about scammers going after checks you write to steal your money -- and a simple thing you can do to protect your checks. The Door County Sheriff’s ...
WGAL

Check washing: What it is and how it can cost you

8 ON YOUR SIDE. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE HAS SOME ANSWERS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE’S A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT PASSES THROUGH A MAILBOX. BUT WHAT THE CROOKS ARE ...
KTRE

‘Check washing’ scams still on the rise

(InvestigateTV) — Nasdaq quoted the BBB as claiming $815 million is lost each year due to check washing schemes. Check washing occurs when someone intercepts mail and uses household chemicals to “wash ...