The overpayment check scam is classic. Anytime someone overpays and then wants you to send the extra money back or to someone ...

Most of the counterfeit checks being disseminated by this fraud group are in amounts ranging from $2,500 to $5,000. The crimes that the checks enable are known variously as “advanced fee ...

There were nearly 30,000 fake-check complaints submitted in 2017, with people reporting losses of almost $38 million. Social Security fraud: How do you protect against benefit theft?

The alleged scheme involved laundering the proceeds of counterfeit checks and business email compromise scams into Bitcoin.

In one case, the man pretended to be bank employee in an email and asked a law firm to send $163,298, prosecutors said.

Now more than ever, businesses globally have become increasingly susceptible to financial fraud. From the growing threat of ...

Check scams are on the rise, the F.T.C. says, and many of the victims are in their 20s, with little check-writing experience. By Ann Carrns Fraud involving fake checks has mushroomed in recent ...

Scammers use fake checks for many different kinds of scams. We VERIFY what to watch out for, and what you can do if you fall victim to a check scam.

Scammers use fake checks for many different kinds of scams. We VERIFY what to watch out for, and what you can do if you fall victim to a check scam.

Scammers use fake checks for many different kinds of scams. We VERIFY what to watch out for, and what you can do if you fall victim to a check scam.