Check please, thieves say

[snopes]

An ordinary check made out to person A is bathed in a chemical available at any hardware store. In just a few minutes it's blank again and made out to person B — who is a thief.

This process, which has been around for decades, is known as "check washing" among con men, and in an era of high-tech crimes, it seems almost quaint.

Except that it's back. Along with other check crimes.

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