An elderly woman from Raleigh, North Carolina has fallen prey to a scam that cost her $75,000.
Bettilyn Smyth’s troubles began when she noticed two unusual transactions on her bank account, reports ABC11.
Smyth called what she thought was customer service, but it turned out she had been contacted by a scammer who told her her accounts were being manipulated.
He says the caller told him he had two hackers, one from Ohio and one from the Dakotas.
The hacker warned that the hackers are very good and should check his accounts to make sure the bad actors haven’t found them. Smyth was then instructed to download software that would give him remote access to his accounts.
Smyth says the scammer told her whether or not she calls for money, the scammer can access her account. He was also told what to say to his bank when sending the money.
“They told me to say I owed the person and the person would give me my money back…so stupid, I told them I knew the person, which I didn’t know.”
Records show that one of Smyth’s accounts was charged $25,000. The scammer also told her to add money to her other account. Smyth reportedly sent an additional $50,000.
Suspecting something was amiss, Smyth contacted his bankers to cancel the transaction but it was too late.
He says both banks told him they would not refund the money.
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