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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI, the exact same thing happened to me about a month ago, except thr amount was $17,000, and I only had that much money in my account because I had a big tax bill coming due that was set up to be paid by ACH. I write almost no checks, only to my cleaning people and the occasional handyman, but mobile check deposit has increased the problem. I suspect my cleaning lady deposited a check and then tossed it in her garbage or recycling without shredding it, and it had all of the information somebody needed to make a fake check. It was deposited, not at Bank of America, which is my bank, but Chase. BofA has been good about helping me fix it, but I still have all sorts of things like the $35 charge from WSSC for a payment that didn’t clear.  They won’t reimburse me for that.  And it wasn’t their fault - it was Chase![/quote]

I really don’t think people are going through the trash looking for checks to forge. I think it’s much more likely someone bought your account number from an online list stolen in a data breech. [/quote]

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