A Chicago woman stopped to hear a stranger's story outside Target — then $5,000 vanished from her account
Maybe you want to donate to a good cause or support a local vendor. But beware — it might be an attempt at ghost tapping. Emilie Kostecka was approached by three men in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, just outside a Target store. They were carrying a hefty binder with
Maybe you want to donate to a good cause or support a local vendor. But beware — it might be an attempt at ghost tapping.
Emilie Kostecka was approached by three men in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, just outside a Target store. They were carrying a hefty binder with photos of a boy they said was the victim of gun violence and were asking for donations.
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One of the men offered to hold her phone while she flipped through the binder. Even though she didn't make a donation, a $5,000 charge appeared on her account shortly afterward for carpentry services.
She'd been scammed. "It can happen truly to anyone," Kostecka told NBC 5 (1)Responds (1).
And it's happening more often. Some victims of tap-to-pay donation requests in the Chicago area have been scammed out of nearly $5,000 each — and it's taken months to get a refund from their bank, according to CBS Chicago (2).
