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04/20/2023
ROSEVILLE PD: RISKS OF MAILING CHECKS AND HOW TO AVOID CHECK SCAMS
Roseville Today
Roseville, Calif.- Writing checks and mailing them has declined in recent years as the option to pay bills online has become more common.
Check fraud and theft, however, has been growing- doubling over the last year. There are two distinct categories of crimes involving checks:
CHECK THEFT
Typically, check theft occurs when the scammer is able to intercept your check before it reaches the US Postal Service or before is actually received by the recipient. There has been a rise in theft from both personal mailboxes and USPS blue maildrops by thieves breaking the locks and stealing mail. Recently a mail carrier was even robbed at gunpoint to get the master key that unlocks all USPS mailboxes.
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