A Manatee County man thought he was helping his bank track down fraud. Instead, he ended up losing thousands of dollars to a scam.
It started with a phone call with someone claiming to be from Chase Bank. The caller told Don Hunt his account was tied to a fraud investigation, and the only way to help was to withdraw cash.
“They knew exactly how much was in there,” Hunt said. “That’s what kind of made me believe that he was from Chase. I didn’t think any Joe Blow off the street could get somebody’s account and look at it.”…