Four former and current Rikers Island guards and a city Transit Authority worker nicknamed “Heavy Pockets” were arrested for ...

A Portsmouth, Ohio, mother contacted police after learning that her daughter had deposited two suspicious $800 checks sent by ...

A check that looks like free money can quickly turn into a costly trap. Fake check scams often begin with an unexpected payment tied to a prize, mystery shopping job, online sale, personal assistant ...

Childcare providers across the United States are being targeted by a fake-check scam in which fraudsters pose as parents relocating from overseas, send a check for more than the agreed-upon deposit, ...

Check fraud is surging nationwide, and scammers are getting increasingly sophisticated at producing counterfeit checks that ...

Fake check scam resurfaces, preying on victims with false lottery claims ...

A Long Island man scammed two elderly victims out of thousands of dollars in a bad check scheme, police said. Kacper Kusnierz ...

As Americans wait to see if those $2,000 tariff dividend checks will arrive, the Internal Revenue Service is reportedly warning people to watch out for stimulus check scams. In an interview on Feb. 4, ...

Fraudsters are increasingly luring job seekers to apply for positions that don’t exist, often costing victims thousands of dollars. Scammers are promoting fake jobs alongside legitimate ones, using ...

Signage outside a Truist Financial Corp. bank branch in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Truist Financial reported adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter that beat the ...