Police reports are a sampling of available items and are not intended to be all inclusive.
Macedonia
Identity USA Currency Fraud
Scam text leads to $12,000 loss: A woman told police on April 20 that she had received a text from a number that claimed to be her bank. The text advised the woman to click a contained link for a bank security check, according to police. The woman filled out the form
and included her Social Security Number. The woman later received an email that congratulated an unknown man for a new savings account, according to police. The woman viewed her bank account online and found it to contain only 52 cents. The woman later received a bank letter addressed to the same man. According to the bank fraud department, an online transfer of just over $9,000 from her account to the man’s account was made
April 14. A person by that name also withdrew $3,000 from an Illinois bank as well as $400 from the Illinois bank’s ATM. The woman lost a total of $12,400.50. An investigation is pending.
Fraud
Can you bill me now? A man who changed his mind about a cell phone contract was billed anyway and denied a phone: A man told police on April 25 that he changed his mind during a cell phone purchase agreement at a Macedonia Commons box store. The man told police he had given the clerk information including his Social Security Number, before he left the store. Later that day the man told police he received a bill for the proposed contract from the store. The man attempted to get his promised phone from the vendor but was denied. The man requested a report so the corporation could proceed with adjusting or canceling the account.
