Scammers are tricking Cuyahoga County residents out of millions of dollars, and those schemes are getting more elaborate and costly every year.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – More Cuyahoga County residents are getting scammed out of money than ever before, and the losses add up to millions.
“These scams are very sophisticated, they are lightning fast, and they’re causing losses that are quick and high,” Harris said. “They know a lot about us because of the breaches...so they’re able to put all of this to use.” The fake agent told them to type in a special key to protect their devices, but it actually gave the scammer remote access to the computer and all of the accounts connected to it. The scammer then pulled up the resident’s banking information and transferred money from the person’s savings account into their checking to prove, before the person’s own eyes, that someone had hacked into their account.
It used to take romance scammers three years to get that kind of money from victims, Harris said. “But those two people lost everything in six months.” While residents are driving in, the scammer says the judge was called away to an emergency but offers to let the resident pay a fine to avoid arrest. That money will be returned, the scammer promises, when the resident shows up for jury duty on a different date.
Cuyahoga-County Scams Sheryl-Harris
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