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Social Security Scam Reported
Posted on February 27th, 2011 No commentsThe local Social Security office has informed the Manitowoc County Aging & Disability Resource Center of a phone scam targeting Social Security and SSI recipients, according to the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. -
Bank Staff Saves Customer from Scam
Posted on January 21st, 2011 No commentsA customer’s story set off red flags for employees at Johnson Bank in Racine, who helped the woman save the $3,000 she was going to wire to a woman claiming to be her granddaughter, said to be injured in a car accident while on vacation. Read the story in the Racine Journal-Times. -
Woman Loses $8,000 in Sweepstakes Scam
Posted on December 9th, 2010 No commentsAn elderly Madison woman lost more than $8,000 as part of a sweepstakes scam, according to Madison police. Authorities are warning residents to avoid getting taken as well, according to Channel3000.com.
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Banker Saves Woman from Scam
Posted on December 8th, 2010 No commentsA Belgium, Wis., woman would have lost $3,600 to a scam artist thinking she was helping her grandson get out of a jail in Canada if it hadn’t been for a personal banker at Port Washington State Bank in Belgium, according to an Ozaukee Press story.
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Sweepstakes Scam Targets Elderly Woman
Posted on December 7th, 2010 No commentsA 94-year-old Madison woman recently recognized a bank scam and avoided becoming a victim of it. The woman said she received a letter from American Grand Prize Winners, the Division of Unclaimed Funds, based in Las Vegas. She was given a $4,900 check, a phone number, a pin number and the name of a so-called claims manager. Read the Channel3000com story.
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Waupaca Police Warn of Bank Scam
Posted on November 30th, 2010 No commentsThe Waupaca Police Department warned bank customers about a recent scam. People who have accounts with banks in the City of Waupaca are reporting that they are receiving automated phone calls stating that their Visa debit Cards have been suspended, WFRV-TV reported. -
Identity Thieves Never Stop Trying
Posted on October 24th, 2010 No comments“In the digital world, crooks never stop angling for your credit and bank information. … And in the physical world, the mail keeps delivering new versions of old scams — the secret-shopper con, the phony sweepstakes — that continue to take thousands from people old and young.” Read a Q&A about identity theft that ran in the Green Bay Press-Gazette. -
Luxemburg Customers Targeted in Scam
Posted on October 22nd, 2010 No commentsBank of Luxemburg is alerting customers to a scam in the area. Customers are receiving mailed notices asking for personal information under the pretense that a “Current Homeowner’s Protection Policy” needs to be renewed, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette. -
Phony ‘Mystery Shopper’ Check Arrives in Mail
Posted on September 22nd, 2010 No commentsA Schofield woman went to police instead of depositing a check she received in the mail, likely saving her account from being drained. The check appeared to be a mystery shopper scam, WSAU radio reported. -
Vishing Scam Targets Park Bank
Posted on July 13th, 2010 No commentsCustomers of Madison-based Park Bank were among the many people who received automated calls asking for person debit card information, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.