Area Woman Targeted by Identity Theft Scam

Lower Frederick police are investigating a reported identity theft case.

According to police, a woman discovered a “fictitious check” had been issued in her name. The check was for $29.95 to BBU Interservice, police stated; it had her name, checking account number and bank routing number. The only incorrect information was her address, according to the report.

When she contacted BBU Interservice—“a company that is associated with adult entertainment,” police said—“she was asked to provide additional personal information,” the report states. The woman refused.

The woman’s account has been closed, and the bank refunded the money, according to the report.

“Bank security personnel informed (the victim) that this is a well-known scam that is going around with the ultimate goal being to obtain additional personal information, which will be used to commit more identity theft related crimes,” the report states.

Police: Woman discovers identity theft—four years later

Dish Network is investigating a woman’s report that her identity was stolen to open an account with the company back in 2006.

According to Lower Frederick police, someone used the woman’s Social Security number to open a Dish Network account in Pennsylvania in 2006. An unpaid bill for $608.33 was sent to a collection agency in 2008, the report states.

The woman noticed the unpaid bill when she was reviewing her credit report, police said.

“(The woman) stated the account was not reported as being unpaid on her credit report until four years after the account was opened, and the collection agency … offered (her) a notice (that) they will settle the debt for $304.17,” according to the report.

After notifying the agency of the situation, the account was temporarily closed while the Dish Network Fraud Investigation Team and Lower Frederick Police Department probe the matter. The Dish Network account was also closed.

Report: Several-hundred-dollar purchase made with Collegeville man’s debit card number

A Collegeville man told police an unauthorized purchase had been made with his debit card last month, according to a report.

The man had been checking his account online when he noticed a $645 payment to www.fourcornerstore.com, the website for the camera store Four Corner Store, Collegeville police said.

The report states the victim’s card was not lost or stolen, nor had he allowed someone else to use his card, nor could he “recall visiting any sites where it looked like someone was phishing for his information.”

The man also indicated he couldn’t “recall anything that seemed suspicious about the use of the card where someone would have taken the card information,” the report continues.

The man told police he contacted the bank about the incident and canceled his debit card. Police advised him to change his account and that he and his wife—who shares the account, but not his card—should receive new debit cards, the report states.