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 ...
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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 ...
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Mail theft check fraud is rising. A CT postal worker just pleaded guilty.

A former Stamford U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to stealing mail in order to obtain checks that could be altered to steal funds, federal prosecutors said. The case highlights a growing ...

If you get a USPS scam text, you need to do this ASAP

Waiting for online shopping purchases to arrive? Stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be the U.S. Postal Service.
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Multiple checks reported forged after using Mount Pleasant USPS mailbox

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — A USPS location in Mount Pleasant has reportedly been connected to multiple check fraud incidents, according to reports made to the Mount Pleasant Police Department. A ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Take Extra Measures to Help Prevent Check Fraud

The use of checks may be declining, but check crimes are actually on the rise due to new, creative criminal schemes. Once a ...
The Motley Fool

Tips to Avoid Mail Theft-Related Check Fraud

This type of fraud often involves bad actors who steal physical checks from mailboxes or U.S. Postal Service collection boxes. Incidents involving mail theft-related check fraud are on the rise, which ...
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 ...
WSB-TV

8 Georgians ran phony check-cashing scheme with stolen information from USPS employee

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Eight residents of South Georgia, including a bank branch employee, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a check-cashing and kickback scheme in Valdosta, which used ...
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Police investigate three fraud reports linked to checks mailed at Boardman Post Office

Boardman police are investigating three separate reports of mail theft involving checks mailed at the township’s post office.

Man found guilty of USPS mail carrier armed robberies, bank fraud

A Memphis man was found guilty Friday of committing four armed robberies of United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers ...
Hartford Courant

Postal clerk had stolen mail, $285K in checks, stranger’s information in her house. She got caught.

A former Connecticut resident has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for fraud and mail theft offenses, according to federal authorities. The complicated scheme occurred when Kierra Blount, at ...