LSU worker scammed out of $28k after ‘Apple’ and ‘FTC employees’ said to mail the cash to California

BATON ROUGE — An LSU employee was targeted in a phone scam that led him to withdraw and ship nearly $29,000 in cash, according to campus police.

According to police, the employee received a call on June 4 from someone who identified herself as Jessica Brown from Apple Support. Brown told him there were fraudulent charges on his Apple account and that several accounts had been opened in his name.

The LSU employee then received another call from someone claiming to be Christine from the FTC Department. She gave him a four-digit code and told him to provide it to the next person, who would contact him from the FTC Department of Investigations…

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