Airman Victim of One-Cent Deposit Scam

Week of April 30, 2007

An Airman assigned to the 50th Mission Support Squadron recently fell victim to a new banking. The scammers apparently generate random routing and account numbers into which they try to deposit one cent. Once the one-cent deposit clears, the perpetrators know the account is active and begin to withdraw funds from the account. The withdrawals seemed to take place near the beginning of the month, and some people have only seen a single withdrawal from their accounts. People should check their accounts frequently, contact their banks about suspicious deposit or withdrawal amounts, and shred financial documents to protect themselves from other forms of identity theft.