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  2. How to avoid fraudsters when writing checks - AOL

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    Unfortunately, the banking industry is seeing check fraud on the rise, says Cooke, sharing that instances of check fraud were up 84% in 2022. “Remember to be careful when using checks as they ...

  3. Check washing - Wikipedia

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    Check washing is the process of erasing details from checks to allow them to be rewritten, usually for criminal purposes such as fraudulent withdrawal from the victim's bank account. [ 1 ] Various steps can be taken by the writer of the check to reduce the possibility of falling victim to check washing.

  4. Cheque fraud - Wikipedia

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    Cheque fraud or check fraud (American English) refers to a category of criminal acts that involve making the unlawful use of cheques in order to illegally acquire or borrow funds that do not exist within the account balance or account-holder's legal ownership.

  5. California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act

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    The California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act is in §502 of the California Penal Code. According to the State Administrative Manual of California, the Act affords protection to individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies from tampering, interference, damage, and unauthorized access to lawfully created computer data and ...

  6. Check kiting - Wikipedia

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    Check kiting or cheque kiting (see spelling differences) is a form of check fraud, involving taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in a checking or other bank account. In this way, instead of being used as a negotiable instrument , checks are misused as a form of unauthorized credit .

  7. Remotely created check - Wikipedia

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    Banks report that demand draft fraud is becoming more common. [1] Under the current Federal Reserve Board guidelines the customer has a time frame of 90 days from the time the check was deposited to dispute the transactions. [4] Check drafting is creating a valid legal copy of the customer's check, on the customer's behalf.

  8. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's lack of cash, but rather than just borrow the money from the victim (advance fee fraud), the con-artist normally declares that they have checks which the victim can cash on their behalf and remit the money via a non ...

  9. Cybercrime - Wikipedia

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    Computer fraud is the act of using a computer to take or alter electronic data, or to gain unlawful use of a computer or system. [10] Computer fraud that involves the use of the internet is also called internet fraud. The legal definition of computer fraud varies by jurisdiction, but typically involves accessing a computer without permission or ...