How do I report stolen/lost checks?

When a consumer has lost or stolen checks, check services companies can help. They help you to protect your good name while also protecting those checks from being used at thousands of financial institutions and businesses.

Here's how it works. When a consumer has lost or stolen checks, you may report this information to a check service such as TeleCheck. They enter this information into the company's extensive database. This helps prevent the checks from being used at any TeleCheck financial institution or business which protects the consumer and local businesses. This results in financial institutions not having to process, return or handle large numbers of forgery affidavits. Consumers who call TeleCheck directly are reminded to immediately report the lost or stolen checks to their financial institution and to their local police department.

The TeleCheck toll-free hotline for reporting lost and stolen checks is 1-800-366-2425.

Businesses can contact the National Check Fraud Hotline at (843) 571-2143.

Other check services companies include:

CheckRite (800) 766-2748
ChexSystems (800) 428-9623
CrossCheck (800) 552-1900
SCAN (800) 262-7771
Equifax Check Systems (800) 437-5120
International Check Services (800) 526-5380