Woman with dementia loses $14,500 to FTC impostor
A woman called the Roswell Police Department Sept. 23 to report her mother, who has dementia, had been scammed out of $14,500.
On Sept. 5, the mother got a call from someone claiming to be with the Federal Trade Commission. The caller said they accidentally put $15,000 into her account instead of $500 and told her she would need to send back the difference.
She was instructed to take out the amount in cash, place it inside a book and mail it to them. After shipping the money, she started getting calls asking her to send more. That’s when the mother realized she was being scammed…