Westchester County woman says she's a victim of a bank scam experts call 'account takeovers'

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Westchester County woman says she's a victim of a bank scam experts call 'account takeovers'
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A Westchester County woman says she lost more than $30,000 to a sophisticated bank scam. Experts told LisaRoznerTV on Tuesday the scams are called 'account takeovers' and in the last several months, the incidents have increased.

-- A Westchester County woman says she lost more than $30,000 to a sophisticated bank scam.

"I never thought anything like this would happen to me. My mom worked for Citibank for 27 years," she said. The texts she received on July 6 with a Citi ID code looked almost identical to previous texts the real Citibank had sent her.The next day she received a voicemail from a Texas number that turned out to be Citibank's fraud department. Even though she missed the call, she says 20 minutes later the entire savings she had for her daughters' colleges and home bills was gone.

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