Murfreesboro Police responded to a local bank on Monday in reference to a fraud case. The victim told police she received a check for a nanny position she recently accepted. The victim told officers the woman who hired her was named Nancy Smith. The victim told officers that Ms. Smith mailed her a check for nearly $3,000 and told her to deposit the money. When she made that deposit, she found out the check was a fake.

This is the second time the so called "Nanny Scam" has struck Murfreesboro. During a previous case reported in August, the victim was not so lucky. The bank discovered the check was a phony after it was deposited and money was withdrawn. In other words, the victim in the first case had to pay the bank back, all $1,900.

In the first case, the victim told police the subject who mailed her a check was a man by the name of Ronald Schneider. Neither Schneider nor Nancy Smith have been located... of course both names are likely aliases used by the criminal behind the scam.

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MPD Incident Report #14-18383
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