The scammer told her his name was Andrew William and he was working with the Australian Federal Police to uncover scammers working inside banks.9News
She handed over half a million dollars in the space of 10 months.
A 91-year-old Queensland widow who thought she was helping police track down a scammer ended up losing almost $500,000. "He said that people are losing all their money through the hackers and that some banks were better to deal with than others," Margaret said." supposed to be putting into a safe account somewhere ... so they could track the transfer of the money for the AFP to keep an eye on these hackers."Brett said his mother was the last person he expected to be scammed.
Commander Chris Goldsmid, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Cyber Command with the Australian Federal Police, said scams that involve impersonating police are on the rise. Commander Chris Goldsmid is the Acting Assistant Commissioner for Cyber Command with the Australian Federal Police. Sometimes she was instructed to transfer money within Australia and sometimes to people in Thailand."These people are hardened criminals who are targeting the most vulnerable people in our community," Ben Griffin from the Bank of Queensland said about the scammers.She said BOQ staff questioned her about the large withdrawals she was making.
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