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But at least one victim was not hapless. The woman, who had recently moved into the building from out-of-state, received a notice about her Capital One card, police said.

She had never applied for one.

The resident filed a police report about a week ago and followed up with Central Detectives last week. She had investigated her own credit and found Internet purchasing activity and new credit-card accounts.

She also found that thieves had opened an account in her name on Oct. 19 - nearly three weeks after she had moved in - at a UPS store on Spruce Street near 37th, the police source said.

When she called the UPS store, she learned that she had a package waiting from Farnborough, United Kingdom.

Lt. Gary Williams of the Penn police and two other Penn police officers arrested the pair.

Bail was set at $25,000, and Kirsch's father came up from Winston-Salem, N.C., and paid a percentage of it. She was released about 7 a.m. yesterday; Anderton was expected to be released later, police said. Police expect to rearrest Anderton and Kirsch on burglary charges, they said. People who think they may have been victimized by the couple were asked to call police at 215-686-3093.

Staff writer Christine Olley contributed to this report.