Crime & Safety

Police Reports: Fraud Squared

Officers received two fraud complaints, one with Facebook and another involving the phone company

Unpaid Phone Bill

A 25-year-old Farmview Road woman told police Wednesday she was contacted by Prince Parker & Associates and informed that she owed $956.12 for an overdue AT&T bill, according to the report.

Police said the caller was able to provide her Social Security number, but she said she never had an account with AT&T and the addresses on the account did not match hers.

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She contacted AT&T, which told her to file a police report. Police are investigating.

Facebook, E-mail Compromised

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A 20-year-old Beech Tree Lane woman realized someone had accessed both her e-mail and Facebook accounts when she started receiving e-mails from herself on Facebook, police said.

She locked her Facebook account and filed a police report Wednesday morning. Police are investigating.


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