Thieves are stealing checks out of the US mail and using check washing techniques to alter them and steal money from people.
Thieves changed one woman's check from $9 to more than $9,000 and cashed it. A 95-year-old World War II veteran ii Chicago is fighting to get a stolen check back for nearly $7,000. Both checks were in the mail.
The family filed a theft report with the Federal Reserve and US Bank. The bank sent them a copy of the check, showing it was cashed by someone. In February, the I-Team reported local post office mail boxes had been broken into, mail dumped in the garbage by letter carriers and mail burned on a grill. She quickly noticed the nearly $10,000 missing from her account, filed a police report and called her bank, Fifth Third Bank. She said she was told that the presumed thief deposited the altered check using thief's bank's phone app.
"What we're seeing right now is an increase in check washing scams," FBI Special Agent Siobhan Jonson said."First and foremost, when you mail a check don't put it in your home mailbox if you have the option of going directly to the post office and dropping it off there," she said. "The biggest one is as simple as going to the supermarket and buying a $3 antifraud pen.
Customers should monitor accounts and report mail theft to law enforcement and the Postal Inspection Service.2. Promptly remove mail from your mailbox after delivery, especially if you're expecting checks, credit cards, or other negotiable items.4. If you do not receive a check or other valuable mail, contact the issuing party as soon as possible.
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