Unfortunately, those safeguards can actually help crooks in manufacturing realistic-looking checks on their computers. Some of these checks look better than the real McCoy.

Because so many of these cases come up, the person usually gets off with a misdemeanor. This is especially true if the checks are under certain dollar amounts. Criminals sometimes know more about how the judicial system works than their victims.

The people I've spoken told me they learned a lot more than they ever knew previously. They understand that check fraud can affect anyone if you're not careful.

People have developed a false sense of security when it comes to checks. They feel check fraud is something that happens to someone else.

We've seen for manufacturing, in particular, pre-employment screening is conducted in an effort to reduce turnover and help the organization remain productive.

We have computers to help us with the returns, but no way would we ever have a computer answer the phone. It's rude and it aggravates people.