CATAWISSA – One Columbia County police department is out with a story of a local woman scammed out of $35,000. Police in Catawissa received a report from a woman who said she was checking her emails and saw a “Security Message” appear on her computer screen telling her to contact Microsoft.
The victim did so, was told that her computer was hacked and she had to cover fraudulent credit card charges by buying thousands of dollars in gift cards from Lowe’s, Home Depot and JC Pennys.
If you have any information regarding this incident or any other incident, contact the Catawissa Borough Police Department at 570-356-7102, or the non-emergency number at 570-784-6300. Officers there want to remind everyone to never answer unknown phone numbers or emails or click links in emails from unknown senders.
