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Fake checks can look so real that even bank tellers may be fooled. Some are counterfeit money orders, some are phony cashier’s checks, and others look like they are from legitimate business accounts. The companies whose names appear may be real and the routing number and account number may appear to be real, but someone has dummied up the checks without their knowledge.

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