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June 17, 2005 Update
A citizen reported that someone made an unauthorized purchase on her debit card account for $17.49 at a business on Stephenson Hwy in Troy.
A citizen on Red Fox Trail reported that someone used her personal information to fraudulently open a telephone account at an address in Detroit and run up charges of over $600.
Flagstar Bank, 2897 W. Maple, 1/25/05
A former business associate apparently forged the signature of a customer of the bank on documents removing that customer from a joint business account.
A resident on Hill Top received a letter advising that she won a Jamaican lottery. The letter included a check for $2,800 (which turned out to be counterfeit) which the letter claimed was a loan to pay insurance fees. The letter also requested that the resident send $850 via Western Union to an address in Jamaica in order to claim the prize. The resident received several telephone calls attempting to persuade her to send the money. Officers called the numbers and spoke with someone who could not remember his own name (obviously a false name), and the bank, who confirmed that the check was a fake. The resident sent no money.
Roger Ct., 4/19
Someone used the residents credit account to make a purchase on eBay for $595 without his permission. His bank reversed the charge when he reported the fraud to them.
Gatwick Ct., 6/1, 1:58 p.m.
A resident ordered a computer from e-Bay. She was then contacted via e-mail by a subject who convinced her to wire $468 to a company in Romania that would facilitate the transaction. She has yet to receive the computer.
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