U.S. Postal Service warning users against sending checks through the mail

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There is a new warning from the U.S. Postal Service: Do not send checks through the mail.
Americans wrote 3.4 billion checks last year, according to the Federal Reserve, and many of them end up in the U.S. Postal Service to pay bills for one thing or another.
Now, the post office is warning its users: Do not put checks in the mail. Why? Because more of them are getting stolen than ever.
"Unfortunately, this is something that can happen," says Caitlin Driscoll of the better business bureau.
The Postal Service reports that complaints of mail theft doubled in 2021, and banks report that check fraud jumped to 680,000 reports last year, up from 300,000 the year before. ....
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CBS Pittsburgh 06/20/2023