A local financial advisor is warning of the latest way fraudsters are attempting to steal your money. 

Connie Miller with the DeWitt Savings Bank explains that check fraud has been seen firsthand in Clinton, and it can take on many different forms. All of which are intended to fool you into handing over your hard-earned cash. 

If a scammer can get a hold of your banking information, for example, through stolen mail, then Miller indicates it is now possible for them to print a fraudulent check that looks real. 

To prevent this, Miller recommends securing your mail quickly after it is delivered, and do not allow anyone but yourself to write a check in your checkbook. She notes that reckless use of a checkbook that leads to theft could be considered non-fraudulent.