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Police blotter: Woman bilked out of $4,000 in 'bill paying referral scheme'
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From Hinesville Police Department reports: Fraud: A woman reported Nov. 21 that another woman took out a loan in her name. The victim said the woman contacted her through Instagram and told her she worked for Western Union “and … specialized in cashing people’s checks and paying their bills for them. She said (the woman) told her that if she referred people to her, then she would get paid a percentage of the fee that (the woman) charged her customers.”To get paid, the woman needed the victim’s bank account number, etc. “(Victim) said she gave (the woman) her account log-in information for Navy Federal Credit Union.”The victim then said she got an email from a loan officer at Navy Federal saying they were checking her loan.
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