Wagoner County Sheriff Chris Elliott wants to make Wagoner County business owners and others of a scam that is being used in the area to obtain property fraudulently. It is important to be very vigilant when dealing with scammers that attempt obtain property by fraud. In a nutshell, a customer comes into a business and presents the product(s) he/she wants to buy at checkout and provides a credit or debit card. The transaction gets denied. The customer steps away and appears to be talking to the bank and returns with an authorization code. The clerk inputs the information, and the sale is authorized. The customer leaves with the merchandise, and it isn’t until a few weeks later when business tries to settle with the card issuer that the business learns they have been duped. The fact is, any code will work. It is a technical limitation of the forced transaction which allows the scammer to exploit the system.
On May 01, Wagoner County Deputy Bill Seig was dispatched to the 9800 block of South 235th East Avenue in the Broken Arrow area to investigate a fraudulent transaction that had occurred. Sieg met with the victim at a Wagoner County business. The victim said two adult males came into the business on April 29 and tried to purchase two trailers for a total amount of $12,420. The two adult males arrived at this business location in a rented…
