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Monday, October 19, 2015

TIMES RECORD: Beware! Credit card fraud reported

Several cases noted in Bowdoin, Bowdoinham

BY DARCIE MOORE

Times Record Staff

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BOWDOINHAM
Dozens of residents of Bowdoin and Bowdoinham may have been recent victims of credit card fraud.

Soon after Bowdoinham residents began noticing odd credit and debit card charges out of state, they began comparing notes, and a few called the local sheriff ’s department and some contacted the media.

In late September, the number of complaints in Bowdoinham about bogus credit card charges rose very rapidly. Over a two-day stretch, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department received four complaints from consumers in Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Woolwich about their credit or debit cards, according to Chief Deputy Brett Strout.

Strout advised credit and debit card holders who found unauthorized charges to call their card holders or banks and to notify police, who can track the incidents.