Mainers have been receiving letters in the mail with checks for $2,000 and a request they deposit the check, buy $2,000 worth of gift cards and then text a number with gift card information.
"Criminals have gotten much more sophisticated in how they try to fraud, how they attempt to do fraud and they've kinda steered away from mail but this is making the rounds,” said Jen Burke of the Maine Credit Union League. “But we've had nine instances where people have come into our credit unions asking to deposit these checks because of this mystery shopper scam.”
The scammers are using real companies in this scam, the league added.
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