CLEVELAND – A 67 year-old Johnston County man recently lost a large sum of money in a scam.
In August, the victim said he received a phone call from an individual claimed they worked for Amazon. The caller claimed an order being shipped to them had been seized at the US border. The package they claimed contained $90,000 in illegal narcotics.
The scammer also claimed the victim’s identity had been stolen and 18 different bank accounts had been opened under their name.
To settle the identity theft and shipment issues the victim was convinced to withdrawn $19,000 from their bank account and deposit the money in a Bitcoin machine.
The victim did as instructed. Later he realized it was a scam.
In an unrelated scam reported in August, a 64 year-old Clayton resident was contacted through her social media account from a person claiming a mutual friend had recently passed away and the family was needing money. The victim was convinced to give the fraudster remote access to their bank account. $10,840 was withdrawn from their account before it could be frozen.
Hope he doesn’t try to vote in November! #StupidIsAsStupidDoes