Lincoln Police received a call from a man last Friday saying he was the victim of a fraud. “The 58-year-old Lincoln man told officers he received a call and text from a woman identifying herself as a federal agent, saying his bank accounts had been compromised by hackers,” says Public Information Manager Erika Thomas.
“He was instructed to withdraw money from the bank and meet a person outside his residence who would place it in a lock box at the Federal Reserve.” Thomas says he gave $79,000 in cash to an unknown man on November 17. “Two days later, the woman contacted him again and told him to deposit $4,000 in two separate Bitcoin machines.”
She says the man was also told to ship $20,000 in cash to an address in California, which he sent on November 19. In total, the victim lost $103,000. “As a reminder, no legitimate business or government agency is going to ask you for payment in cryptocurrency,” Thomas says. “It’s always important to independently verify any claims being made.”…