The Brief
- One woman said she’s embarrassed after falling for a scheme that cost her $20,000.
- She said she received a call from a man stating he worked in the Wells Fargo Bank Fraud Department.
- The man told her to withdraw all her money, then deposit it into what he said was a new account for her. However, the account wasn’t hers, it was the callers.
KATY, Texas – Roberta Thompson asked that we not show her face. She’s that embarrassed over falling for the scheme that cost her $20,000.
Wells Fargo Bank scheme: Woman out $20,000, bank says it won’t pay it back
The backstory:
She says it started with a text from who Roberta believed was the Wells Fargo fraud department.
The text alerted her to what appeared to be a fraudulent transaction.…