Cards branded with "Flexiti", a legitimate company, are being used to fraudulently purchase high-end electronics in Nanaimo, across Vancouver Island and into the Lower Mainland. (Dreamstime/NanaimoNewsNOW illustration)
SCAM WARNING
Multiple Macbook’s fraudulently purchased in Nanaimo using new credit card scheme
Feb 3, 2022 | 11:21 AM
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NANAIMO — Stores selling high end tech and other expensive items are on alert with a new credit card scam circulating.
Local Mounties report multiple stores across Vancouver Island and into the Lower Mainland have fallen victim to purchases made using fake “Flexiti” credit cards.
Cst. Sherri Wade told NanaimoNewsNOW one store in Nanaimo was hit repeatedly.
“They’re specifically purchasing Macbook Pro’s, so expensive items. One store had four or five Macbook Pro’s fraudulently bought. They’re purchasing computers and the cards are fraudulent. It’s able to run through at the time but then of course there’s nothing on the card.
