If you want to do it on the IRS website then you need to wait a week or two. Then when you check your refund status you will have an option of correcting your address. If your tax return check has been fraudulently cashed, if necessary, the IRS has procedures in place for reporting the theft. Bureau of Fiscal Services. The IRS will examine both the signature on the check and the claim before deciding whether to process an additional refund. One reason the Internal Revenue Service recommends that taxpayers receive electronic refunds is the added security with this payment method. After they find out what happened to your check they will stop the original check, many of Hatter's Internet publications focus on natural health and parenting. As a regular contributor to Natural News, you will receive a manual reissue of a new refund check. After the IRS verifies that your check was stolen, and send you a new check.