FORT WORTH, Texas — Federal authorities are sounding the alarm on a surge in financial scams that has cost North Texans nearly half a billion dollars, prompting a new public awareness campaign from the FBI’s Dallas field office.
“It’s huge. The numbers are staggering,” FBI Supervisory Special Agent Terrance Gass said.
Fort Worth resident Ann Reed lost roughly $500,000 after falling victim to a sophisticated scam in which a fraudster posed as an FBI agent, presenting fake documents to gain her trust…