That is certainly an attack vector of concern! I've had friends where the attacker just exfiltrated a single check from their own checkbook and cashed it as legitimate somewhere else!
It seems that a third-party check printing service could run off checks for the attacker instead. The attacker would need to cover their tracks insofar as payment methods, and then intercept a package which would be mailed to my home address listed on the checks they ordered. That seems elaborate, but doable, if they want a whole stack of legitimate checks.
It is possible that there are even disreputable "security check" printers who aren't Walmart, but just counterfeiters in a 1BR, running off bogus checks for anyone who asks?
But who needs/wants a whole stack of them, anyway? It only takes one or two.
It is so strange, too, that we rarely hear of check fraud in the States. It would seem so easy, so is it widespread or rare?
ThrownOffGame|5 months ago
It seems that a third-party check printing service could run off checks for the attacker instead. The attacker would need to cover their tracks insofar as payment methods, and then intercept a package which would be mailed to my home address listed on the checks they ordered. That seems elaborate, but doable, if they want a whole stack of legitimate checks.
It is possible that there are even disreputable "security check" printers who aren't Walmart, but just counterfeiters in a 1BR, running off bogus checks for anyone who asks?
But who needs/wants a whole stack of them, anyway? It only takes one or two.
It is so strange, too, that we rarely hear of check fraud in the States. It would seem so easy, so is it widespread or rare?