FOX 10 Phoenix

Wells Fargo customer loses $4,000 hours after depositing check, bank denies fraud claim

On September 15, just after 1:30 p.m., Willie Delane said she deposited a $10,000 life insurance check at the Wells Fargo branch on Woodforest. About nine hours later, she got a text from what ...

Criminals keep finding new ways to steal checks. Here's how to avoid being the next victim

"Check washing" and "check cooking" are two new ways criminals can steal tens of thousands of dollars out of your account.
AOL

Wells Fargo customer lost $4,400 just hours after depositing a check — and a legal loophole nearly left her in the lurch

A Houston woman paid a steep price, literally, for a simple bank deposit that she made at her local Wells Fargo branch. Willie Delane told her local Fox 26 network that on September 15 she deposited a ...
AZFamily

Here’s how to avoid becoming a victim of check fraud

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Even though fewer checks are being written, check fraud is on the rise. More than half of Americans still write checks. Check writing hit its peak in the 1990s, and let’s face it, ...