OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – A warning tonight to take a good look at your checking account.
Scammers have another way to get in and withdraw money without any authorization from you.
In the age of Cash Apps, Mary Packett still goes by the book.
“Last check I wrote was for a tip,” said Packett.
Keeping tabs on her account Mary discovered a mysterious withdrawal of almost $250 by a company she never heard of at a Montana address.
”250 LLCs are out of that place,” said Packett.
The name of one printed on a check conversion bank draft that had Mary’s bank routing and account number at the bottom. So a withdrawal could be made without her signature or authorization anywhere to be found.
“I feel like someone entered my house and took something from me and I don’t know how they did it. How they got in,” said Packett.
The demand draft has a phone number for questions. The call was rejected so the phone number on the check is basically bogus.
The Better Business Bureau says a conversion check demand draft is like a pre-approved transaction and banks don’t know it’s not you but scammers authorizing a withdrawal.
”They have your bank account information and your routing number so they can create these drafts. This is not the most common scheme that we see but it’s troubling that we’ve seen this emerge,” said Jim Hegarty, Better Business Bureau.
The registered agent texted 6 News that she talked to the owner of LLC who is “a little old lady and had no idea how to do…
