TIGARD, Ore. — A local financial adviser is warning the public after one of his clients nearly withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay a scammer who threatened her with jail time.
Nick de Freitas said the client, a woman in her mid-70s, told him she received a phone call from someone claiming she would go to jail if she did not send money by a certain deadline.
The caller reportedly identified themself as a representative of the Department of Justice and told the woman her identity had been stolen and used to commit crimes. The caller said she needed to pay $260,000 in restitution for those crimes to avoid arrest. The caller also told her that if she paid immediately, she might be able to recover the money…