Prosecutors say the woman was manipulated by scammers to make major cash withdrawals from her bank and hand her money over, over the course of several weeks.
According to San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, the scam began with a pop-up message that appeared on the woman's computer.A man who allegedly took part in scamming a 65-year- old San Diego woman out of more than $200,000 of her life savings has been arrested and charged by prosecutors, it was announced Tuesday.
According to San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan, the scam began with a pop-up message that appeared on the woman's computer. Believing that the message originated from Microsoft, she called a phone number displayed on the pop-up to receive help with her computer, which was frozen. The woman paid scammers $120 to fix her computer.The scam later moved to a banking-related fraud, in which scammers pretended to be associated with Chase Bank.
He faces up to two years and six months in state prison if convicted of charges that include attempted grand theft, attempted receiving stolen property, and resisting arrest. Stephan said those numbers are likely an underreporting of the true figures, as many victims do not come forward out of shame and embarrassment.
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