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Someone Can Empty Your Bank Account with the Information on the Front of Every Check You Write

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Details may be found in an article by Felix Salmon at http://fusion.net/story/309392/stop-using-paper-checks/.

The really shocking news is that some people are still writing paper checks in the 21st century.

Categories: Scams

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  1. Joseph Sievers
    June 8, 2016 • 11:57 am

    O.K., Dick; read it … Now what? HOW do we work around it?

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    • Dick Eastman
      June 8, 2016 • 12:00 pm

      —> Now what? HOW do we work around it?

      By not writing any more paper checks.

      I stopped writing paper checks years ago. I pay all my bills online, either with a credit card (which is protected against fraudulent transactions) or with my bank’s “pay bills online” service which is cheaper and safer than writing checks and mailing them.

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  2. Mark Begeman
    July 27, 2016 • 12:36 pm

    I pay my bills online too. But if the bank does not have a direct transfer arrangement with the payee… They mail them a check !

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