

You may want to spread them out every four months.) (You can request a free copy from each of the three credit reporting agencies once every 12 months here. Keep a close eye on your bank accounts.Open all your junk mail, especially if it says PNC.We always encourage our customers to regularly monitor their accounts and to contact us immediately if they see any unfamiliar account activity, or if they receive notifications about accounts that they do not recognize.” We are working with law enforcement and taking steps to address this on behalf of our customers. “PNC is aware that banks are experiencing a broad increase in attempted fraudulent activity involving efforts by bad actors to open accounts on behalf of legitimate customers. PNC sent the following statement to Action 9: It could have been from a data breach (not a PNC one, but another one in recent years). How did the scammers get people’s information? He or she needs your basic information, Social Security Number and government ID. How easy is it for someone to open a PNC account in your name online? We enjoy those conveniences, but we also have to deal with the headaches like this,” Greene said. We can do so many things from the pocket, from the phone in our pockets. Like everything, everything is convenient. Green is over financial crimes, and he said his unit is now investigating more than 40 reports of this scam in less than a week. “We want people to protect themselves and we want to help with that,” CMPD Sergeant Seth Greene said. Police are investigating if that’s the reason. Why PNC?ĬMPD said it could be because the bank is running a promotion right now - open an account and get up to $300. Stoogenke talked to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and detectives told him they’ve dealt with more than 40 of these PNC cases in less than week. PNC said it is working with law enforcement and taking steps to address the problem.

So far, about a dozen people have reported to Action 9 that this has happened to them. She reported the crime to the FTC, police, Action 9 and others.
