BOARDMAN — Residents across Mahoning County may want to take measures to be sure their bank accounts are secure and be on the lookout for financial scammers.

At least two households have been victims of fraudulent activity over the past couple weeks.

On Monday, a woman reported receiving a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office.

The police report states that the man, calling himself “Deputy Sgt. Thomas Conley” told the woman she was supposed to be in court that day. The woman said she could hear police scanners in the background.

Despite her protests that she had no business in court, the man told her she had signed a subpoena in April agreeing to testify.

The report states she denied signing anything but asked how to remedy the problem without being arrested. The man told her to pay $1,000, then sign a new subpoena at the courthouse, and if her signatures matched, she would be allowed to testify. If they did not match, then it was a mistake and her money would be returned.

She told him she could only send $500 and he agreed to accept the amount but told her to send it via CashApp to “$A1Bondcompany”

The report states that when the transaction failed to process, he told her to keep sending it until it went through. At that time, she decided it was a scam, and hung up. The number called back three times. She then called MCSO, where they told her to file a report with Boardman police.

The $500 was taken out of the woman’s account, but her bank flagged it as fraudulent when she reported it and returned the money to her.

On Nov. 22, a couple reported they had more than $69,000 fraudulently taken from two bank accounts — $65,800 from an Everbank account and $3,300 from a Huntington account via a shared Everbank account.

The report states the woman told police she received a call on Nov. 15 from an Everbank employee notifying her of the activity and referring her to their fraud department.

That same night, she received an email saying that her account password had been changed, which she did not notice until days later. A second unnoticed email said that a new account had been opened and transfers could be completed between them. On Nov. 15, a transfer of $19,500 was made. On Nov. 18, another for $17,500. On Nov. 19, three more, for $20,000, $5,500, and $3,300.

The woman called Everbank to have the accounts locked before any more transfers could come out while they investigated the fraud. A short time later, they received a notification that $3,300 had been taken out of her husband’s Huntington account, through their shared Everbank account.

Everbank informed them they were the victim of a large-scale data breach. Both accounts are secured and the couple are working with the bank to have their money returned.