PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Two suspects are in custody after attempting to scam an Albany man out of over $35,000, authorities said.
According to the Albany Police Department, a man told them that sometime around Christmas he believes his phone got a virus after clicking a link in a solitaire app.
After he clicked the link, the man said he started receiving calls from someone named “Chris Wilson” claiming to be a PayPal employee and telling him that his personal information was compromised.
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Shortly after, the man said he was contacted by two other people named “Eddy Cooper” and “Mack Jones” who said they worked for the Edward Jones financial department and that the man had “been hacked into” and $37,500 had been stolen…