# Check washing
https://youtu.be/6au2YS68Dgw?si=NrhtXLXa4ZJwxza4
- They use special chemicals and avoid signature but change other numbers
- This is essentially a mail theft attack
- 2022 up to 360k from 96k in 2014 with check washing
- 1 billion from FTC a year recovered from stolen checks
- They steal from public mailboxes in front of post offices