Warning! One Cent Scam May Be Heading Your Way
An Air Force public Affairs office offers this tid bit that is reaching into the pockets of civilians and milittary. It seems scammers generate random routing and account numbers, into which they try to deposit one cent. Once the one-cent deposit clears, the perpetrators know the account is active and begin to withdraw funds from the account.
Airman Loses $600 to ‘1-cent deposit’ Scam.