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Ridgewood Resident Falls for “Computer Fix” Scam

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November 7,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police report that on October 28, a Robinson Lane resident reported he was the victim of a theft by deception. The victim reported he provided access to his computer to an unknown party in an attempt to fix problems on his computer. The victim reported he was then convinced to make payment for the service by purchasing ITunes cards. The victim complied and purchased $500 in ITunes gift cards and then provided serial numbers to the unknown caller. The victim realized thereafter, this was a scam and reported the incident.

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