Criminals use chemicals to “wash” away the recipent's name and dollar amount, and then rewrite the check to themselves.

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

A viewer shared a letter she received claiming she had won $750,000 in an international lottery. The letter stated she needed to pay taxes, handling, and processing fees to claim the prize. Included ...

Welcome back to the fourth installment of our “Scam Likely” series. Today, we turn to an old-school scam that has made a huge comeback: mail theft ...

SHOWING UP IN SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, BUT IT’S ONE WE’VE SEEN BEFORE. THERE’S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE. WE’RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PHRASE, RIGHT? WELL, SCAMMERS MAY BE KEEPING THAT PHRASE IN MIND AS ...

The FTC says scammers are posing as parents in need of childcare, sending fake checks and asking providers to return ...

WXIN/WTTV – The Federal Trade Commission is warning about a fake check scam that’s targeting childcare providers while also reminding everyone of the dangers of scams. According to the FTC, childcare ...

I handle my elderly mother's finances. She got a check in the mail for a class-action settlement and cashed it. It later bounced and now they are deducting that amount from her account. I believe this ...

Signage outside a Truist Financial Corp. bank branch in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Truist Financial reported adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter that beat the ...

Truist Bank is alerting customers to common scams targeting bank accounts, as fraudsters increasingly use texts, emails and fake alerts to steal information. What we know Truist says some of the most ...