Lincoln Police say a 64 year old woman is out tens of thousands of dollars after falling victim to an online scam. Sergeant Chris Vollmer says the woman got an email on Tuesday saying there was fraudulent charges on her Amazon account.
“The victim called the provided numbers and was directed to travel to her bank and transfer $58,000 to a party in California,” Vollmer says. The woman went to her bank and transferred the money.
Vollmer says after she transferred the money the woman called the number back and was told to return to her bank and cancel the transfer. Bank employees then told her that she was the victim of a scam.