Two Trenton women went to police after they were targeted for identity theft and fraud, but safeguards alerted both to the attempts.

A woman was alerted via a series of text messages, one coming in the middle of the night, to fraudulent activity involving her name on various accounts.

The woman came to the police department on Sept 7 and made a complaint about the activity.

According to a police report, the woman said she received a text message at about 2.30am stating that Yahoo! notified her of changes to her email account.

She also told police she received a text message from Metro PCS, which said a phone line was added to her account.

Yet another text message was sent to her phone, this one from H&R Block.

This message said she was approved for a loan.

The woman told police she did not make any changes to any of her accounts and never applied for a loan.

She also said she never filed taxes through H&R Block.

The report said the woman's Cash App, Yahoo! Email and Gmail accounts were hacked.

After contacting Metro PCS, the woman was given the name of the person who was added on her account.

She did not know the individual's name and it was removed.

A freeze was placed on her credit so no new accounts or loans could be opened in her name.

After getting the notifications and her response, the woman was not out of any money.

She said she has no idea how her identity was stolen.

In another identity theft incident, a woman filed a police report on Sept 10 stating she received an email from Bank of America informing her that someone opened a checking account in her name.

The woman told police about two months ago, someone attempted to open an account with Wells Fargo using her Social Security number.

The woman contacted Bank of America and that account was closed immediately.

The Wells Fargo account was closed months ago after she received the email, but he didn't make a police report at that time.

She wanted to be sure to get it on the record this time, especially since there has been a second incident.

Both fraudulent accounts were opened under her maiden name.

 - TNS