By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
TRENTON — A woman reported on Jan. 26 that $6,493 was stolen from her checking account by a man who paid her, via three checks, to chat with him on social media.
She said the man offered her $200 a day, and sent her a total of $10,400 via three checks, which she deposited at her financial institution.
However, after two weeks, she checked her bank balance and discovered that the checks she deposited from the man bounced, and $6,493 of her money had been fraudulently transferred out of her account.
She was advised to file a police report to enable her financial institution to initiate a fraud investigation.