BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A Boise woman who lost more than $50,000 in a bank fraud scam over the weekend helped police set up a sting that led to an arrest Monday, according to the Boise Police Department.
Boise police said officers met with the 72-year-old victim after she was targeted by a scammer posing as someone from her bank or credit union and claiming there was a fraudulent charge. Police said the scammer used fear tactics to convince the woman that multiple financial accounts were compromised and instructed her to take a series of steps to prevent further fraud.
Those steps included staying on the phone with the supposed “bank employees” throughout the process, placing her bank cards in sealed envelopes to be collected from her mailbox, using FaceTime and sharing her screen, denying any new fraud alerts she received, creating multiple rideshare, retail and money transfer accounts, and making several cash withdrawals that were packaged and handed to couriers. Police said the couriers were rideshare drivers who likely had no knowledge they were involved in a scam…