Beware of check scams: Banks warn of fraud involving fraudulent checks
There are many ways fraudsters are trying to make a buck with fraudulent checks. One bank explains some of the schemes they ...
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The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source
Indeed, the concept has its own name: open washing. This is a deceptive practice in which ... about or care about all the different terms in these licenses." If we need to check every license for ...
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Fact Check: British supermarket trio not selling 3D-printed meat as claimed on social media
A website listed in the TikTok account’s biography sells the 3D-printed meat labels, opens new tab used in the videos. It declined a request to comment. Fact Checkcategory Fact Check ...
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France ramps up Schengen border checks. How will travellers be affected?
The current increased checks, introduced due to heightened terrorist threats, were due to end on 31 October. The controls will be in place along France’s Schengen borders with Belgium ...
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Check fraud is a growing problem. Here’s help to protect your hard-earned money
check and make sure you know that when that check gets cashed so that it gets deposited, and your bank provides images of those checks,” Benda added. “Look at the back of the check to make ...
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DWP explains the one benefit that is 'safe' from new bank account checks
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed one benefit will be exempt from bank account checks. Under the new Labour Party government, the DWP is set to gain fresh powers allowing it ...
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140,000 unclaimed property checks in the mail for Illinois residents, totaling $13.2 million
CHICAGO (CBS) --The check is in the mail, and it's legit, so keep an eye out for an envelope from the Illinois State Treasurer. Treasurer Michael Frerichs' office has mailed checks to ...
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Nearly 140,000 Illinois residents sent checks for unclaimed property: 'It is not a scam,' treasurer says
Thousands of Illinois residents may have a check from the state waiting for them in their mailboxes. The Illinois State Treasurer’s office recently sent unclaimed property checks to 138,561 people in ...
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Nearly 140,000 Illinois residents sent checks for unclaimed property: 'It is not a scam,' treasurer says
Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said nearly 140,000 Illinois residents will receive unclaimed property checks. Sun-Times file Share Thousands of Illinois residents may have a check from ...
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The state of Illinois might be sending you a check in the mail. Here's why
Nearly 140,000 Illinois residents soon will be getting checks through the Enhanced Money Match program, and state lawmakers are encouraging those who receive the checks to cash them. More than $13 ...
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Illinois missing money checks are in the mail for 140K people. How to see if you're owed money
"We told them why, and the amounts." Checks were dropped in the mail over the past few days, Frerichs said, and encouraged residents to check their mailboxes. "If you are home, if you see a check ...