State police at Media warn of scam involving fake fraud departments

State police at Media warn of scam involving fake fraud departments

The Pennsylvania State Police station at Media is warning residents, particularly the elderly, to be aware of a scam that uses ride share to steal victims’ credit cards to go on spending sprees. In these crimes, the fraudster calls the victim, claiming to be from their bank’s fraud department and tells the victim there has been fraudulent charges on their bank account, and their credit card has been compromised, troopers said. A news release con…