I have seen this scam many times in my industry. One step I plan to take with my next check order to minimize possible identity theft or check fraud is to only have my first initial and last name and address on my checks. NO FIRST NAME, NO DRIVERS LICENSE NUMBER, AND NO PHONE NUMBER. I know there is nothing anyone can do to guarantee safety, but I hope this will be the right start, giving potential theives very limited information to use. Surprisingly, I still come across customer's checks that have a SSN printed on the front and I can't believe it.

I placed a check order , which was stolen enroute and then used in some Florida Walmarts. Walmart 's corporate policy is to NOT check ID's for ANY amount IF Telechek approves them. I am not the only Clarke American Check Co customer that this happened to there has been at least 10 people in my town to whom this happened . All the checks were used at the same Walmarts. My suggestion is to check your checking account often . If you order checks , stay on top of when they should arrive. If you are a victim. Not only file a police report , contact Telechek to notify them they need to put a fraud alert on your account. You will also need to put a fraud alert on your credit with the 3 Credit Bureaus. Hopefully that will slow they theives down from obtaining credit in your name. I also contacted the Postal Inspector, and the Federal Trade Commission.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

I am not sure how many checks they wrote on the other people's account but after I contacted Telechek , there were no more checks accepted on my account. They did write 6 checks totaling over $8600 but since I caught the 1st check coming through the day it happened.I never had any of my checks bounce and cause additional issues.

I am in Texas. The checks were either mailed from Des Moines, IA or Phoenix, AZ . They never made it to Texas. Yes, the police here and in Florida and the Postal inspectors are investigating.