Credit Card Thieves Buy a Lot of Gas

A Milton man went online to pay his credit card bill only to discover his card number had been used fraudulently multiple times over a three-day period at the end of February.

The victim saw $750 in charges made in Acworth to buy fuel, according to the March 29 Milton police incident report.

The investigating officer advised the man to contact credit bureaus to report the fraud.

Creditor's Attempt to Collect Past Due Bill Reveals Identity Fraud

Another Milton man only learned that somone used his Social Security number to open an AT&T account when a creditor called him about a past due account.

The identity fraud victim told Milton police on March 29 that the creditor asked him to pay a $200.67 past due bill.

He learned that the phone had been acquired and the account opened in Gainesville.

The officer advised the man to place a fraud alert with the three major credit bureaus.

Financial Fraud Thieves Use Credit Card Information to Buy Gas

A Milton man believes his credit card information was stolen when he bought pizza for his work crews in downtown Atlanta recently.

The victim told Milton police on March 25 that Visa called him earlier in the day to report six fraudulent uses of his credit card number. Someone had used his credit card information to buy hundreds of dollars worth of gas in Dallas and Rome, GA, and Greensboro, SC.

He said he was asleep at the time the purchases were made, and only learned of them when Visa called him while he was on his way to Mississippi.

He filed a police report so his credit card company would forgive the fraudulent debt.

For questions about this blotter, email Bob Pepalis.