(Center Twp., Pa.) Center Twp. Police Department via a post on their Facebook Page is asking citizens to be aware of a current fraud in Center / Potter Twp being investigated by Det Sgt Gonczi:
The Current scam is targeting elderly subjects: A Person calls the potential victim, saying they are with Xfinity/Comcast technical support, giving them a false employee number making their pitch more credible. They tell the victim(s) they have identified their Xfinity/Comcast account as being charged by scammers who are buying bitcoin online. They say Xfinity/Comcast owes the victim money back and request the victim give them credit card and/or a bank account information so they can reimburse their account for the money owed by Xfinity. The scammer then asks for a photo of the victim’s driver’s license or photo ID for an added step of security. The scammer requests the victim not make any purchases or utilize their credit card or bank accounts for a few days until they complete their reimbursement which gives the suspects time to make online purchases with their credit card account and/or bank account. The scammers have full access to the victim’s bank account and/or credit card account. They make online purchases of gift cards using victims’ Amazon account to facilitate the purchases. The gift cards are then shipped to other victims.
The victims that the gift cards are shipped to are being told Xfinity/Comcast cannot reimburse their credit card account and/or bank account and they are sending them gift cards in the mail for the reimbursements to further the scam.
If this happens to you immediately hang up and report to your local police.