Cashier's checks from people you don't know or banks you don't know should always be considered forgeries until proven otherwise. They are easy to fake and the

Cashier's checks from people you don't know or banks you don't know should always be considered forgeries until proven otherwise. They are easy to fake and the penalties for faking them are virtually nil; hence forgeries are rampant. The days of cashier's checks being default trustworthy are long gone.