Financial Transaction Card Fraud reported in Clayton

On March 27, 2024, a Rabun County Sheriff’s Office deputy spoke to a Clayton woman about a fraud. She said she filled out an application online to get a $5,000 loan. She put her bank account information and personal information on the application. She received a call from someone stating that her credit score was too low to get approved for the loan and they advised her that they were going to send $469 to her cash-app account and she needed to send the money back to make her credit score go up. When she checked her bank account, it showed a negative for $469. She said she has spoken to her bank and needs a report to dispute the fraud charge.