Possible Attempted Identity Theft Scam
Case No. 09-0797
On Monday, September 21, 2009, a realtor called the police department after checking a vacant house on Orange Grove Avenue with a for sale sign in the front yard. The realtor found a note posted on the front door addressed to UPS and Fed Ex, telling them to leave the packages on the porch for the Nelson family, who was in the process of moving in.
Suspects also placed items (i.e.: tennis shoes next to the front door, a welcome mat at the front door, a child’s bike helmet in a flower bed near the front door) throughout the exterior of the home to make it appear that someone may be living at the home. The realtor said that she has never heard of the Nelson family and the house has not been sold or leased.
This fits the method of identity thieves who arrange for delivery of goods obtained through fraudulent means.
If you see anything similar in your neighborhood, please immediately telephone the police department.
Hasmick Hartunian
Desk Officer # 132
Sierra Madre Police Dept
hhartunian@cityofsierramadre.com
626-355-1414 Main #
626-355-5468 Fax #
Case No. 09-0797
On Monday, September 21, 2009, a realtor called the police department after checking a vacant house on Orange Grove Avenue with a for sale sign in the front yard. The realtor found a note posted on the front door addressed to UPS and Fed Ex, telling them to leave the packages on the porch for the Nelson family, who was in the process of moving in.
Suspects also placed items (i.e.: tennis shoes next to the front door, a welcome mat at the front door, a child’s bike helmet in a flower bed near the front door) throughout the exterior of the home to make it appear that someone may be living at the home. The realtor said that she has never heard of the Nelson family and the house has not been sold or leased.
This fits the method of identity thieves who arrange for delivery of goods obtained through fraudulent means.
If you see anything similar in your neighborhood, please immediately telephone the police department.
Hasmick Hartunian
Desk Officer # 132
Sierra Madre Police Dept
hhartunian@cityofsierramadre.com
626-355-1414 Main #
626-355-5468 Fax #
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