Experts say not only to watch out for "check washing" but "cooking checks".

Check fraud appears to have hit several Houstonians. But one expert says it is not only check washing to be on the lookout ...

It was kind of a panic. What else have they gotten into from our checking account? You just don’t know how far it could go." ...

A Houston-area woman is out $12,000 after she dropped off her tax payment at the post office and it was allegedly stolen and altered. (KHOU 11) ...

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. — A couple from Murrysville reported that they mailed their check to pay their monthly bill, but instead of settling their account, they became victims of a scam that cost them ...

A dozen of the checks belonged to an 86-year-old Bay Shore woman who lost $17,315, police said, while a 73-year-old Patchogue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a resident of Palm Beach's Midtown mailed a check in November to pay her Palm Beach County property taxes, she signed on the ...

We've received numerous reports of check washing and now we're hearing about check cooking. How are thieves doing it and what can you do for protection?

There was a time when paying bills came with a sense of security, when people sending checks through the mail could feel certain that their money was going to the right place. That feeling of ...

A Palm Beach resident discovered that her $40,000 property tax check was altered and cashed by someone else — leading to the third check washing-related arrest in Palm Beach in a month. Check washing ...