Westerville police warn to stop sending checks in mail due to ‘washing’ scheme
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — The Westerville Division of Police has warned residents to stop sending checks through the mail due to dozens of “check washing” cases being reported. A…
This one is real. Happened to me twice and to other people where I live. Once in a business check that was written by my secretary to a local court reporting service downstate (check was mailed from downtown Chicago) and one was a personal check stolen from presumably the mailbox, although I wouldn't doubt it if post office employees were doing this too.