Secret Service, Treasury Warn Against Fake Pandemic Checks

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

The Secret Service and the Treasury Department said they are working to help people protect themselves from counterfeit stimulus checks.

“With the implementation of the CARES Act, comes opportunities for criminal activity, like check fraud,” the agencies said in a statement on April 20, reported Fox News. “The Secret Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury want to inform citizens and consumers nationwide on ways to protect themselves during these times.”