Your Complete Guide to Check Fraud

Check fraud takes many forms, from forging signatures to chemical alterations to generating fake checks. Sometimes scam artists target individuals in their schemes, but even more often, they commit fraud on businesses — one study indicates businesses lose about 5% of their revenue to fraud every year.

If you run a financial institution, you need to understand check fraud and how to protect yourself, your bank, and your customers. To get the essentials, fill out the form below to download our free e-book today. It includes the following and more:

• FAQs about check fraud
• The history of check fraud
• Types of check fraud
• Protecting your financial institution from cashier and money order scams
• How to spot an altered check
• Dangers of floating checks
• Counterfeit checks
• Check fraud penalties