An Akron senior citizen is speaking out after she became the victim of an elaborate online scam. Sylvia Newman was tricked out of $40,000 after it appeared her bank account had been compromised.
AKRON, Ohio — An Akron senior citizen is speaking out after she became the victim of an elaborate online scam.She eventually got all of the money back through an investigation by Akron Police and the Secret Service that lasted about a month."It does make one angry and helpless," Newman said."Losing $40,000 is a big deal. It was a hardship to lose that much money.
"During that process, I entered the $400 that was the refund amount but I didn't realize that they had manipulated— and I could see on the screen— it to read $40,000," she said. Newman went to her bank the next day and the banker questioned the wire several times, but she went through with it, still thinking it was her error.Detective Looney said this type of scam seems very real because victims are seeing what looks like their actual bank accounts on the screen.
"The good thing about forensics and the digital era that we live in, everything is traceable and trackable," Looney said.But the investigation isn't over. Looney and others are trying to identify who stole the money.Newman said she'll be forever grateful to police and federal agents for getting the $40,000 back.
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