A Timbers East resident told Greeneville police on Tuesday that he had been the victim of an e-mail fraud this week in which he lost $1,600 from his bank account.

But according to a report by GPD Officer Jeff Sowers, the victim was able to recover his money after he contacted the company from which the e-mail message supposedly had been sent.

The victim told Officer Sowers that he had received an e-mail message that supposedly had been sent to him from absolutepoker.com (but actually had not), saying his account had been "deactivated."

When the victim replied to the e-mail, according to the police report, someone gained access to his private financial information and used it to remove $1,600 from his bank account.

But when the victim contacted absolutepoker.com, he was told several other people also had had their identities stolen in similar fashion. The company then refunded the victim's money, according to the police report.