SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A 66-year-old woman is out over $60,000 after losing money in a scam.
According to Sioux Falls Police spokesman Sgt. Aaron Benson, the woman claimed to have known a man who was hospitalized in an accident in Mexico City and was unable to reach him.
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Benson said the officer was able to recognize that the woman was the victim of a scam involving gift cards.
The officer found out the woman had received a friend request she didn’t know on Facebook, and over the last nine months, communicated with him on a separate app.
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The woman sent more than $60,000 in gift card information to him, as the man had multiple “stories” as to why money was needed…