At the LPD Northwest Team Station, a 68-year-old woman who was reporting a scam made touch with the investigators.
The woman reportedly told LPD that she received a call from an unknown person on July 11th informing her that someone had made an unauthorized laptop purchase using her Amazon account. She was subsequently transferred to a person who identified himself as a DEA agent, according to investigators, after being instructed to follow texting prompts.
The woman claimed that she had been informed that many bank accounts and credit cards had been opened in her name in various states.
According to investigators, the woman was instructed to take as much cash out of her bank as possible and deposit it into a different account to make sure it wasn’t being laundered. She did this, and she took out $20,000 from her bank.
According to LPD, the “DEA agent” contacted her again the following day and instructed her to make additional withdrawals of cash. Police claimed that after that, the woman withdrew $5,000.
Police say she was instructed to put the cash in bags outside of her house, where an agent would pick them up and then give her a cashier’s check.
Although there was no cashier’s check left, investigators said that the money was eventually recovered.
The woman was phoned once more the next day and told to buy $120,000 worth of gold, according to the authorities. She ultimately spent $119,294.84 on gold.
Two days later, according to LPD, the woman received orders to leave the gold outside of her house, and an agent would soon come and take it.
The woman allegedly noticed the gold was missing an hour after leaving it outside her house, grew suspicious, and called the police.
The total loss, according to investigators, is $149294.84.
