BRANTFORD, ONT- Local reports of multiple fraudulent charges on a resident’s credit card has the Brantford Police Service (BPS) issuing a warning to be vigilant against fraud . BPS\u00a0 said a local resident was alerted to multiple fraudulent charges after she receiving a series of deceptive emails that appeared designed to distract her from a legitimate fraud notification. The card was later confirmed to have been used in another province to purchase a carton of milk, a video game console, and a laptop. Fraudsters often use small purchases to test whether a stolen credit card is active before moving on to larger transactions. In this case, the emails sent to the victim were intended to mask the real financial alerts, making the fraud harder to detect. The Brantford Police Service… <\/p>\n
BRANTFORD, ONT- Local reports of multiple fraudulent charges on a resident’s credit card has the Brantford Police Service (BPS) issuing a warning to be vigilant against fraud . BPS\u00a0 said a local resident was alerted to multiple fraudulent charges after she receiving a series of deceptive emails that appeared designed to distract her from a legitimate fraud notification. The card was later confirmed to have been used in another province to purchase a carton of milk, a video game console, and a laptop. Fraudsters often use small purchases to test whether a stolen credit card is active before moving on to larger transactions. In this case, the emails sent to the victim were intended to mask the real financial alerts, making the fraud harder to detect. The Brantford Police Service... <\/p>\n