I think in the US they cracked down on check fraud really hard for a while and people are basically too scared to do it now. In places where it does happen (usually rural poor areas) some (especioaly smaller) places will just not accept checks or have signs up about how check fraud is a federal crime and that they will take you to court for it. Not saying it's the best solution, just trying to provide some background.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Oh yeah, there were even references to that in pop culture as well (movies, series, etc).