December 9, 2005 Update
Zenith Mortgage Group, 11/24 - 11/27
Complainant discovered 8 counterfeit checks drawn against his business account for approximately $2,200.00. Checks written to various stores.
Complainant received a call at 4:15 a.m. from a male claiming to be a representative from SBC. He advised they were having problems with her phone exchange, which required her to leave it off the hook. She did so for approximately three hours then hung it up. He called back protesting; when she challenged him further he hung up. SBC does not make these kinds of requests. Although yet unknown, incidents such as this in the past have been related to suspects tying into victim's open phone line to make excessive long distance calls against victims account; usually over-seas calls.
Complainant discovered $1,262.00 of unauthorized withdrawals from her checking account apparently using her ATM card.
Hollywood Market, 2670 W. Maple, 8/10 - 10/13.
Complainant reported discovering approximately $6,000.00 of fraudulent withdrawals made against the business account using the Internet.
Marshall Fields, 500 W. 14 Mile, 12/1, 6:59 p.m.
LPO's discovered after the fact that the female suspect passed four counterfeit $100.00 VISA Traveler's checks. Each check was passed at a separate transaction. Each transaction was for an amount less than $100.00 and cash back for the difference was obtained by the suspect, along w/the items purchased. All four checks contained the same serial number.
Complainant reported being contacted by a credit card company regarding an over-due credit account for over $1,000.00. Complainant stated he never opened such an account, but discovered the billing address was that of a former employee/associate.
A 70-year-old male complainant from Troy reported a female called claiming to be a Customs Agent with a package for him containing $480,000.00. She advised complainant he needed to wire $2,800.00 via Western Union to a person/address in Canada to accomplish delivery of package. Complainant did not comply.
Card Solutions, 1260 Rankin, 12/5.
Complainant reported processing orders by phone and e-mail using various credit card numbers. The first order/shipment was made to an address in New Jersey. It apparently went through without incident. Two additional orders were made using two different credit card numbers to the same address. A check on those card numbers revealed the cards stolen. The shipment was not made. During same time period, complainant got a call/e-mail from another subject indicating he was referred by the subject who turned out to be involved in the above transactions. He provided a credit card number, which initially cleared, and the shipment was sent to an address in Indianapolis. Complainant was later contacted by credit card company advising the card used was stolen. The recovery of $3,800.00 charged for the shipment is now in question.
Complainant reported receiving letters from a collection agency for checks he had never written at several locations, including three stores in Troy. He checked his account and discovered no fraudulent activity as of yet, therefore the checks written in complainant's name and address may have been counterfeited.
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