Plymouth Township Woman Reports $7,000 Mail Scam

A Plymouth Township woman reported that she had been part of a mail scam between June 29 and July 5, according to a police report. 

The woman told police that she had received an email on June 29 from Pinecone Research about an application to become a product reviewer. The woman said he had conducted product reviews for company in the past and that the email contained same logo, so she completed the application, including her social security number and submitted it, the report said. 

The woman said within a few days, she received an envelope for a check for $1,990 and a letter with instructions that she cash the check, keep $200, spend $100 at Walmart, then send the remaining cash by Western Union, the report said. 

After the woman completed the task, she received another envelope on July 2 with the same instructions, the report said.

On July 5, the woman received a third envelope for a check for $2,990 with instructions to keep $400, spend $100 at Walmart and send the remaining money by Western Union to two people, according to to the report.

The woman told police that the two people had the same address in the Philippines and she became aware that she fell victim to a fraudulent phising scam when she located information about it online, the report said.

The woman said she contacted her bank to establish a fraud alert, the report said.

Tigers tickets stolen 

A man reported that two Detroit Tigers baseball tickets and a parking garage pass had been stolen out of the glove box of his car at his apartment on Shadywood Lane sometime between June 5 and July 5, according to a police report. 

The man told police that he purchased the tickets a month ago for his son's birthday and when he went to retrieve them, they were nowhere to be found, the report said. 

Nothing else was missing and there was no damage to the car, according to the report. 

The value of both tickets and the parking pass was $185. 

The man told police that he had his car worked on several times by an Ann Arbor mechanic during the time period and that he also leaves his car doors unlocked while parked at his apartment complex, the report said. 

The man told police that he called the box office and the Tigers had record of him purchasing tickets, but needed police report number in order to reprint new ones for him, the report said.