Paulding County, GA —
She was trying to help law enforcement. Instead, she was scammed out of thousands of dollars.
The elderly Paulding County woman told deputies it had happened before. So when the man and woman wearing badges showed up at her door, she was only too willing to help.
“(The criminals) knew she’d been victimized in the past,” said Cpl. Ashley Henson at the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. “They told her they had a suspect and that they needed her to go withdraw some money from her bank.”
The ersatz law officers told their elderly victim that one suspect in the earlier attempt to scam her was a teller at the Sun Trust Bank branch inside the Publix store at Lost Mountain in Cobb County.
The elderly woman complied with what she thought was a request from law enforcement. As a third suspect watched from inside the store, she withdrew thousands of dollars and handed it over. The suspects told her they would deliver a $10,000 reward to her home within 45-minutes.
Days later, she’s still waiting.
Store surveillance cameras captured one of the suspects, pictured here. Paulding County detectives are asking for help in tracking down the trio.
She was trying to help law enforcement. Instead, she was scammed out of thousands of dollars.
The elderly Paulding County woman told deputies it had happened before. So when the man and woman wearing badges showed up at her door, she was only too willing to help.
“(The criminals) knew she’d been victimized in the past,” said Cpl. Ashley Henson at the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. “They told her they had a suspect and that they needed her to go withdraw some money from her bank.”
The ersatz law officers told their elderly victim that one suspect in the earlier attempt to scam her was a teller at the Sun Trust Bank branch inside the Publix store at Lost Mountain in Cobb County.
The elderly woman complied with what she thought was a request from law enforcement. As a third suspect watched from inside the store, she withdrew thousands of dollars and handed it over. The suspects told her they would deliver a $10,000 reward to her home within 45-minutes.
Days later, she’s still waiting.
Store surveillance cameras captured one of the suspects, pictured here. Paulding County detectives are asking for help in tracking down the trio.
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