Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – Aug 29, 2024 – At least three different reports were made to Jonesboro police on Wednesday this week amounting to thousands of dollars lost to scammers.
A 77-year-old Jonesboro man thought he was communicating with PayPal cyber security. He was tricked into transferring $9,000 to a Bitcoin machine.
A 53-year-old woman was convinced she was talking to a member of the Craighead County Sheriff’s Department. He even texted her a fake warrant. To avoid arrest, she needed to go to Kroger and transfer $8,000 worth of Bitcoin to him. Unfortunately, she did.
And a Bill’s Cost Plus manager got a phone call from an individual who convinced him he was an employee of the grocery chain. The suspect told the victim that he’d spoken to the store general manager about the need to put store cash into the store’s Bitcoin machine. The employee followed the orders from the scammer and put about $4,000 cash into the machine. The suspect had given the employee a QR code that he used to deposit the money.
Officials want to remind you to think twice before doing any sort of money transfer requested by people you don’t know. Victims of scams like this are not usually able to get their money back.
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