CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thieves are snagging checks from the mail and using check washing tactics to alter them and steal from you. Thieves changed one woman's check from $9 to more than $9,000 and cashed it ...

WATERTOWN – Following a report last week on a mailbox fishing scheme in Watertown, WBZ-TV heard from several viewers who said the same thing had happened to them. Thieves have been fishing mail out of ...

Once considered an old-fashioned crime, check washing has roared back to life with alarming sophistication. Criminals are not just targeting personal checks anymore. They are exploiting every ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A lot of things have changed over the years but since 1915, the red flag on a mailbox has meant the same thing, there's mail in the mailbox to be picked up. It's called a carrier ...

There are posts online warning that an old, low-tech form of fraud called “check washing” is on the rise. It involves thieves stealing checks out of mailboxes and rewriting them. “Check washing” is a ...

(WJAR) — If you pay your bills by writing a check and popping it in the mailbox, this warning is for you! Bentley University professor and creator of scamicide.com Steve Weisman says authorities have ...