A woman contacted Portsmouth police after discovering that her daughter had deposited two suspicious $800 checks sent by a stranger she met through Snapchat.
The caller told officers an unknown person sent her daughter images of the checks by email. Her daughter then deposited both checks into her bank account.
The deposits, totaling $1,600, were still listed as pending when the mother learned what had happened.
She immediately suspected a scam and attempted to contact the bank. However, because it was Saturday, the family was having trouble reaching anyone who could stop or flag the deposits.
The daughter showed an officer pictures of the checks. According to the police report, they appeared as though they could be fake or forged.
No money had been taken from the account at the time of the report, and the daughter had not reported sending any of the money to the person from Snapchat.
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