A package arrived at our office with postage due. The office staff wrote a check for the $5.01 (they would not accept cash for the amount due). Later it was discovered that $234.00 had been withdrawn from that account by the Power Sports Data. No one authorized the withdrawal. It was found during the monthly bank reconciliation. A report has been filed with the bank and they will conduct a fraud investigation.
This is a very cleaver ploy. Since the amount is so small on the postage due and we do have a few packages come into the office with postage due, no one questioned the transaction until the follow up withdrawal was found in the bank.
It is also very scary that someone can use the information from a small check to access your bank account and make withdrawals. We have not located any written documents were submitted to the bank.
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