A man claiming to work for the Social Security Administration is accused of scamming and stealing over $1.3 million in gold from an elderly couple in Pennsylvania.
The suspect, Pennsylvania State Police said in a report released Tuesday, contacted the 78-year-old man and woman living in New Providence, about 66 miles west of Philadelphia on Dec. 1, and said that one of their Social Security numbers had been compromised.
The suspect then told the victims to use their retirement money and assets, $$1,328,652 in total, to buy gold which would then be used to buy a new Social Security number…