Elderly Johns Creek woman tricked out of $47,000 while doing crossword puzzle

Johns Creek police are warning the public about a scheme that ended with an elderly woman losing nearly $50,000.

They say she was doing a crossword puzzle online when a pop-up ad told her there was a problem and she needed to call a number.

The person on the other end of the call pretended to be with Bank of America and told her she had too much money in her account and she needed to transfer $47,800 to a Bitcoin machine…

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