Checks sent through the Postal Service have become targets for criminals in recent years.
While fewer people write checks, the checks haven’t disappeared.
Two-thirds of adults say they rarely or never use paper checks.
But more than a fifth either have experienced check fraud or know someone who has, according to a poll in 2025 by the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group.
Many thieves remove outgoing mail from your mailbox and change the payee.
Pay your bills online. It’s much safer.
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