State police reported investigating several instances of identity theft and scams.

• State police at the Bethlehem barracks said a 60-year-old Slatington man on Oakwood lane in Washington Township reported an identity theft at 5:33 p.m. Nov. 1.

• A Schuylkill County woman was bilked out of $1,000 recently in a phone scam.

State police at Frackville said a 72-year-old Ringtown resident reported she received a phone call on her cellphone on Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m. from a person posing as an employee of Comcast/Service Electric cable regarding updating her internet service. Once the service was performed the caller told the victim he needed to be paid back in Visa gift cards or he would be fired. The victim went and purchased $1,000 in gift cards, four at $250 each, and provided them to the caller. The victim later discovered she was scammed.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call troopers at 570-874-5300.

• State police at the Fogelsville barracks are investigating an attempted identity theft incident.

Police said they were summoned to the 7500 block of King’s Highway in Lynn Township after someone attempted to steal from a 49-year-old man’s bank accounts between Oct. 11 and Oct. 31.