A Bowling Green woman was reportedly scammed out of money intended to go toward a mortgage payment.
Last week (Aug. 6) the woman called police after she allegedly paid nearly $2,000 to an unidentified person acting as a representative of her mortgage company.
The week earlier, the woman had called her mortgage company to report that she would be late with a payment, but would have the full amount by Aug. 4. She was reportedly told she could either overnight the amount due, for a fee – or pay using money services at Walmart, with no additional fee.
She told police she chose the free option and went to Walmart. She was sent a barcode that would allow her to forward her payment to the mortgage company, and went to the customer service desk and provided the barcode to an employee. Store video shows her doing that at the store, according to the police report.
The woman sent $1,968 using partial cash and partial card payment, then called to make sure the payment had been received.
Two days later (Aug. 6), she received an alert that she was past due on her mortgage. The woman called her mortgage company, which reportedly told her she had been scammed.
Police advised the woman to contact her bank, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, and the Social Security Administration. Police documented evidence of the scam.
