# Check Washing Starts in Your Mailbox – Send Checks From Inside the Post Office

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-17T20:30:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/check-washing-mailbox/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/check-washing-starts-in-your-mailbox-send-checks-from-inside-the-post--f2c337/

That raised flag tells any thief driving by that outgoing mail is waiting. Financial institutions reported more than $688 million in transactions tied to suspected mail-theft check fraud in roughly six months of 2023, according to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes... Source

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