Crime & Safety
Pug Search Leads to Online Scam, Police Say
Four township women report online fraud, Upper Macungie police say.
Upper Macungie police say a woman shopping for puppies online became the victim of a scam Friday afternoon.
According to police, the 52-year-old Blue Barn Road resident responded to an ad for pug puppies from a seller in Ohio.
The woman paid $390 for the sale and for shipping. The seller then asked for $1,500 in pet insurance, and the woman realized the sale was a scam.
This incident was one of four fraud cases this week reported to police.
In the first case, a 32-year-old Breinigsville resident reported that someone had accessed her PayPal account Thursday evening without her permission, and used it spend $611 on a cell phone. The buyer had the phone shipped to an address in New Hampshire.
The second case involved a 52-year-old Breinigsville woman who reported a number of unauthorized purchases on her credit card.
Police say someone made $404 in online purchases at various retailers.
On Friday afternoon, a resident of the 5900 block of Palomino Drive reported that someone had used her PNC Bank card to make nearly $900 in purchases at a Brookstone store in Troy, Mich.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 484-661-5911.
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