One person in Redmond has reportedly lost $80,000 to a “sophisticated” scam impersonating health insurance providers and law enforcement officers according to The Redmond Police Department.
In a post to Facebook Friday, the department warned the public that the scam has recently targeted people that speak Chinese. according to the department, another person was preparing to send $100,000 to the scammers before recognizing that the operation was fraudulent.
According to the department victims of the scam first received a phone call from a person claiming to represent United Healthcare who claimed that there was a problem with their insurance plan or that their personal information had been compromised…