While I was still coping with the Bank of America issue, another bank called me inquiring about suspicious checks, this time a pair of convenience checks from a credit card company for $3,000. I met Dito during Act II of my white collar drama. Others either ignored my questions, or said the issue wasn’t their problem. Only one told me they were aware of the potential for abuse of their product and took steps to reduce the risk. I contacted a number of other companies that sell check writing software. However, it’s important to note that many businesses use this type of software to save money by printing their own, perfectly legitimate checks. There are lots of programs just like it, and few of the companies who produce them do anything to stop the use of their products by criminals. I have no idea if JustChecking was the software used by those creeps, and I have not been able to reach the company that developed and sells it for a comment. Whoever forged my checks probably did just that. Once it has the focus, double-click it to pick your signature file.” Tab to the empty rectangle in the lower right. Then in Just Checking click Print, Design Checks, click Edit. Here are the instructions that came with my download of JustChecking: “To add your signature, you need to scan a signature and get it the right size. There are many check writing applications available simply do a quick Web search and you’ll find lots of them.
Because VersaCheck is a well-known name, some people use it the way Kleenex is used to describe a tissue. What she meant was a check produced by check writing software.
It turns out that VersaCheck isn’t quite the right description. So Kelly, an assistant manager, said she’d become suspicious because “Ana” had offered a so-called VersaCheck, and those are a red flag for forgery. An employee at a local branch of the Bank of America here in San Francisco wanted to know if I’d written a check for $438 to someone named Ana Gonzalez. My brush with white-collar crime began with a phone call a few weeks ago. And I’ve also learned that an alert bank employee paying attention to her job could be the best defense money can buy. I’ve learned how shockingly easy, and surprisingly low-tech, forgery has become. How do I know? I was hacked recently, and it isn’t fun. It doesn’t.Īll you need is a perfectly legal check writing application that costs $14.95, a laser printer and a fake I.D. Want to hack someone’s bank account? You might think it takes a sophisticated knowledge of computer security or maybe a tie with the Russian computer mafia.
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