MBG-2022-02-0397 On February 15th, 2022, at approximately 9:43 am, the police department was contacted by a victim who resides in the 1100 block of East Coover Street. The victim advised they received a phone call from an individual claiming to be with the Amazon fraud department. The individual advised the victim a $900 fraud charge […]
MBG-2022-01-0476 On January 20th, 2022, at approximately 3:28 pm, the victim contacted the police department after being scammed out of money. The victim, from the 100 block of East Main Street, advised they attempted to purchase a vehicle on Facebook Marketplace. They made contact with the seller and were directed to send payment for the […]
MBG-2022-01-0366 On January 16th, 2022, at approximately 2:21 pm, the victim contacted the police department about a possible scam. The victim, who resides in the 1000 block of Alison Avenue, advised their computer screen froze while they were using it. There was a message which appeared on the screen telling the victim they needed to […]
MBG-2021-12-0107 On December 4th, 2021, at approximately 6:47 pm, a victim contacted the police department after falling victim to a scam. The victim, who resides in the 500 block of West Main Street, had an item for sale on Facebook Marketplace. The victim was contacted by someone advising they wished to purchase the item. They […]
MBG-2021-10-0579 On October 21st, 2021, at approximately 11:01 am, the victim contacted the police department about contact they received by email. The victim advised the email was purported to have come from the “Geek Squad”. The victim was directed to contact them by phone, which the victim did. The victim was told their “service” needed […]
MBG-2021-09-0435 On September 17th, 2021, at approximately 12:32 pm, the victim contacted the police department regarding a virus which they got on their computer. The victim, who resides in the 100 block of East Coover Street, advised they were on their computer when a message popped up on their computer screen stating their computer was […]
MBG-2021-09-0209 On September 9th, 2021, at approximately 3:30 pm, the victim contacted the police department and advised they were the victim of a theft by deception. The victim reported they were contacted by phone about winning the Mega Ball Lottery. The victim was advised their winnings were $8.5 million. They were told to transfer $8,800 […]
MBG-2021-09-0026 On September 2nd, 2021, at approximately 12:11 pm, the victim contacted the police department about a being scammed out of money. The victim resides in the 1st block of West Main Street. The victim advised they were contacted via email about becoming part of a bit coin program. They were informed upon joining the […]
MBG-2021-06-0659 On June 24th, 2021, at approximately 3:12 pm, the victim contacted the police department about being contacted and advised their Facebook account was hacked. The victim, who resides in the 100 block of East Marble Street, stated they received the contact through Facebook. They looked up a phone number for Facebook through Google. The […]
MBG-2021-02-0238 On February 11th, 2021, at approximately 8:19 pm, the police department was contacted by a victim advising they had been scammed out of $500. It was learned the victim had received a phone call from an individual claiming to be an officer with social security. The individual advised the victim a vehicle registered to […]