Here's how a 'credit muling' scam works
Scammers are using someone else's identity and credit to buy electronics - with the victim standing right in front of them
Here's how a 'credit muling' scam works
Scammers are using someone else's identity and credit to buy electronics - with the victim standing right in front of them
WEBVTT >> YOU KNOW THAT I FEEL LIKE AFOOL THAT I GOT SCAMMED. REPORTER: BUT IT WAS A LONG TIMEBEFORE TERRY HARRISON AND HISWIFE REALIZED THAT HE HAD BEENSCAMMED.MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, TERRY WASAPPROACHED NEAR A CELL PHONESTORE IN YORK.>> I WAS WALKING DOWN THESTREET, THESE TWO LADIESAPPROACH TO ME IN AN SUV THEY DOYOU WANT TO MAKE SOME MONEY.REPORTER: ONE OF THE WOMENENTERED THE STORE WITH HIM,PRETENDED TO BE HIS SISTER ANDBOUGHT TWO PHONES IN HIS NAMEWITH HIS CREDIT.THEY SAID HE WOULD NOT BECHARGED IF HE FOLLOWED THEIRINSTRUCTIONS >> THEY SAID IT WAS LEGAL.>> AFTER THREE DAYS, TERMINATETHE CONTRACT AND I GOT PAID $60FOR DOING THIS FOR THEM.REPORTER: HERE'S THE CATCH, INORDER TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT YOUNEED TO RETURN THE PHONES.THAT IS SOMETHING THE SCAMMERSAND NEVER TELL THEIR VICTIMS.REPORTER: TERRY'S SCAMMERS HAVELONG DISAPPEARED WITH THE TWOPHONES, NOW CREDITORS ARE COMINGAFTER HIM.>> OVER $1000 BILL.REPORTER: IN YORK COUNTY, BRIANROCHE, ON YOUR SIDE, NEWS 8KIM: BRIAN REACHED OUT TO THECELL PHONE COMPANY BUT HASN'T
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Here's how a 'credit muling' scam works
Scammers are using someone else's identity and credit to buy electronics - with the victim standing right in front of them
A Pennsylvania family is out a lot of money because of a scam called "credit muling."
A Pennsylvania family is out a lot of money because of a scam called "credit muling."
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