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The victim mailed a payment for property taxes, which was changed, police said.
A 47-year-old Skippack Township woman has been swindled out of thousands of dollars by a check altering scheme.
Pennsylvania State Police said a resident of Daniel Drive arrived at the Skippack barracks on July 25 at 1:06 p.m. to report a theft of a check.
Police said the victim mailed a check for property taxes in her residential mailbox on or around July 9.
Later, the victim found that the check was altered and cashed for $3,151.48 by an unknown person.
Call Pennsylvania State Police at 610-584-1250 with any information on the theft.
