Scammer Drains $11,500 From Elderly Virginia Woman After Posing as Wells Fargo Employee

An 86-year-old New Kent, Virginia, resident says she lost a large sum of money to a scammer pretending to work at Wells Fargo.

Edith Minor says an urgent alert abruptly popped up on her computer, claiming that a hacker was attempting to access her accounts.

Minor says she dialed a number, which she believed was a legitimate Wells Fargo line. According to Minor, the scammer tricked her into withdrawing her funds to keep her money safe from hackers.

“So he said, ‘I want you to go down to your bank and get your money. And we are going to put it in a [treasury], and we’re going to try to stop hackers from going into your account.'”

She says the scammer called her dozens of times, ultimately leading her to withdraw $11,500 from her checking and savings accounts. Minor says she also purchased gift cards at Publix and Lowe’s and shared the numbers over the phone with the scammer.

Minor says she noticed something fishy was going on when the scammer asked her to take out a loan.

“He said, ‘I want you to go to your bank, and I want you to borrow $5,000.’ [That’s a] red flag.”

After calling Wells Fargo, Minor says the bank told her that her account did not show any suspicious activity, but at that point, she had already lost $11,500.

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