INDIANAPOLIS— Tina Graham doesn’t feel safe.
She’s a crime watch captain in the Mars Hill neighborhood.
“My dad lives across the street, and I want to protect him,” Graham said. “He has Alzheimer’s. You can’t trust anybody.”
Lately, it’s not just the crime on the streets that concerns Graham—it’s the crime on her phone.
She’s receiving emails with invoices claiming to be from well-known companies like PayPal and McAfee, showing she made purchases to the tune of hundreds of dollars.
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“It confuses me,” Graham said. “I’m like, ok, did I order something? I’m not sure why I’m getting them.”
Graham reached out to WRTV Investigates.
“You guys do more investigation on these types of things than anybody else,” Graham said.
WRTV shared Graham’s emails with the Better Business Bureau Serving Central Indiana, and BBB spokesperson Jennifer Adamany said they are a phishing scam.
“The invoices do look real because they’ll use the logo of a real business,” Adamany said.
The emails sometimes do not have links to click.
Instead, they have a number for you to call to dispute the charges.
“They want to get you on the phone,” Graham said. “They want to say ‘Oh you were hacked and that’s why this happened. Give me your information so I can look up your account,’ or they want you to pay a fee to get it reversed or pay the invoice if they say it’s…
