DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies warned seniors to be wary of scammers on Thursday, citing the recent arrest of a man accused of posing as a bank employee in a $20,000 phone scam.
Deputies took Omari Burke, 22, of Deerfield Beach, into custody at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Sept. 16.
According to arrest documents, a 74-year-old Alabama man reported receiving a call from someone he thought was an employee at Wells Fargo and was later joined by a bank “investigator” who claimed that someone was trying to withdraw $20,000 from his account…