Requring IDs would cut down on check fraud

To the editor:

For the past year I have been the victim of thieves who came into possession of checks from an account closed in 1998. The thieves used these checks at restaurants in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Farmington. One restaurant in Cape Girardeau accepted a check with the signature printed.

I have no hopes of getting this problem solved without help from restaurant managers. Restaurants are easy marks because they do not require proper ID. After the public becomes more familiar with this outrage, we can make a change. Please encourage business owners to check for proper ID when a check is written. If checking IDs became a typical procedure with all purchases by check, the public would quickly become accustomed.

MARY PELTS

Jackson