Fraudulent Overpayment For Online Tutoring In Nutley: Police

NUTLEY, NJ — A case of fraud involving online tutoring was recently reported in Nutley, authorities said.

According to the Nutley Police Department, the following incident was reported on July 11:

“A report of fraud was taken from the victim, who stated while providing online tutoring, a party agreed to the cost and registered their child. The agreed upon fee was $535, but the actor sent a check via FedEx for $2,050, which was deposited into the victim’s account. The actor informed the victim that their attorney wrote the check for the wrong amount and instructed the victim to deposit $1,480 into a TD Bank account and provided the account number. The victim has been in contact with both financial institutions regarding the incident.”

“Please note that checks in overpayment are fraudulent, and the perpetrator anticipates you will send money back to them before the bank informs you of the fraudulent check,” Nutley police stated.

“Usually by that time, your money has been lost,” police said.

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