The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is warning Americans about a growing check-washing scam involving blue collection boxes, after ...

Mail was stolen right out of the blue collection boxes outside at least six local Post Offices, and in some locations, it’s ...

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Scammers are stealing, modifying and cashing checks from Dinwiddie County mailboxes, according to authorities. On Tuesday, April 21, the Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: NewsChannel 5/YouTube. A Tennessee county mailed a check for $881.08. By the time the payment was altered, officials ...

A 23-year-old Connecticut woman admitted to her role in a bank fraud scheme tied to stolen checks taken from the U.S. Mail, federal prosecutors said. Gianna Parente, of Naugatuck, waived her right to ...

We’ve become so used to high-tech cybercrime that we may sometimes forget about the vulnerability of our mailboxes. But an old-school, low-tech scam is surging and is more than enough reason to avoid ...

Hearing the phrase "the check's in the mail" used to be a good thing. Now it's cause for concern — all because of check washing, an old-school scam that has become big business. Every year, the U.S.

Three men are accused in a check washing scheme that police say involved stealing buckets of mail from a Leesburg post office for about a year. Check washing refers to when thieves use chemicals on ...