School Credit Union Customers Have Accounts Cleaned Out

The Seminole Schools Federal Credit Union is trying to figure out how at least eight of its members fell victim to what they believe is a skimmer scam. Somehow, the credit union believes, all eight victims had their credit cards cloned and their accounts cleaned out.

Skimming are on the up-tick nationwide, but no one seems to know the common purchase point, where all the local victims swiped a card and thieves swiped their account information.

Sanford police poured through page after page of account data Monday morning, the first business day after at least eight Seminole Schools Federal Credit Union members found that every dollar in their checking accounts had been stolen from right under their nose.

"I came in crying," victim Gemara Goodwin said.Like many credit union members, Gemara teaches in the Seminole County Public School District. She only realized the $800 in her account had been stolen when she logged in online. [Read story at WFTC.com].