90-year-old woman reunites with Wilmington officer who stopped nearly $10,000 crypto scam

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A Porters Neck woman says she almost lost nearly $10,000 on July 27 to a scammer before a Wilmington police officer stopped her at a bitcoin kiosk outside a gas station.

Mary Ann Nunley said the scam began with a text message.

“I got a message on my phone… it said that my account with the Geek Squad was ending,” Nunley said…

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