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WILKES-BARRE — City police say a Sheridan Street woman was scammed via email.

According to the police report, the woman stated she took part in a mystery shopper program after receiving an email. The victim received a $2,950 and $3,110 check from a mystery shopper. The victim then deposited the checks and was to buy certain items and finish certain tasks.

One of the tasks was to send new cashier checks to a certain person and location. These two amounts were taken from the victim‘s bank account.

Both checks were held by her bank and posted as fraudulent roughly a week after the victim cashed them in.