A Pulaski woman said Monday that she was victimized by the same bank scam that tapped a Watertown woman's bank account.

Melanie Barber, having read in Friday's Watertown Daily Times about the experience of Brandy Lewis in September at KeyBank, said $399 was paid from her checking account at Alliance Bank, Pulaski, "about a month ago" to UPN Services.

Mrs. Barber said she has no idea how somebody got her account number. A day after she reported the theft to Alliance Bank, the bank reimbursed her account, she said.

An officer at Alliance Bank failed Monday to return a call to the Times.

Mrs. Barber said she called a phone number provided by UPN Services to the bank when the withdrawal was made. She said she talked to a person who promised to call back at the end of the week. No call was returned, she said.

A Web site indicates that Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Lewis, 1708 Ohio St., Apt. 144, are among a number of people who have had $399 surreptitiously removed from their accounts at various banks by UPN. A KeyBank spokeswoman said Thursday that Mrs. Lewis's complaint was being investigated.

UPN lists an address at 100-A Walnut St., Suite 200, Champlain.

A reporter for the Plattsburgh Press Republican said the address is an old factory at which individuals, particularly Canadians, have established mail drop boxes to gain an address in the United States.

The Better Business Bureau of Buffalo reports on its Web site that it opened a file Sept. 23 regarding "a pattern of complaints" regarding unauthorized $399 debits from bank accounts by "Complex Consumer Services," also known as UPN Services, using the Walnut Street address. Mailings to the address have been returned, marked "Return to Sender Unable to Forward," the BBB reported.

The Better Business Bureau classifies the business as a credit card protection service.