Talking to your bank is going to be the best bet.
A tidbit from the article:
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For now, one way to protect yourself is to write "for deposit to the account of the named payee only" when filling out a cheque. That may prevent cheque-cashing outlets from cashing it.
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It's obviously too late now, but for future reference or anybody else reading this thread, this is a great piece of advice. For any large sums I'll write 'for deposit only'.
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Originally Posted by REDVAN
You can put a stop payment on for free (usually) if you do online banking. (source: I used to work for a bank). SO I'd do that regardless.
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Depends on the bank. Mine charges me $10, but I think the issue is more of the stop payment not always working.
Another option is reducing your line of credit so both cheques can't be cashed. Not an ideal solution, but would work if you don't have anything else on your line of credit, and don't mind the NSF charge...