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SOLON, Ohio (WJW) — A phone scammer who recently conned a Solon man into sending him $3,000 reportedly told the man, “thank you for making my daughter’s Christmas” before hanging up.
The 53-year-old Solon man reported the theft on Dec. 19, according to a news release.
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He said he received a call from someone claiming to be from the U.S. Bank fraud department, regarding four pending Zelle transactions of $3,000 each, which would have overdrawn his account. The scammer knew the last four digits of the man’s account, according to police…