Online Scam in Lake County

[The Gazette]

Recently, a Lake County resident met with a Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputy and reported that they had been scammed into sending $20,000 in cash to an individual posing as a PayPal employee. The victim, the deputy and UPS shipping store worked together to ultimately recover the package; however, this is a very unusual

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[davem4616]

ya just can't fix stupid

who the heck would send $20K to someone that they really didn't know...well I guess this one person did

glad they were able to recover it

[tsmall22204]

There is a special place in hell for the scammers

[ThirdOfFive]

The reason those scams proliferate in TV is because people fall for them. And older people seem to be a bit more easily scammed than the general population. More prone to panic, maybe?

[Petersweeney]

Sad

[PugMom]

The reason those scams proliferate in TV is because people fall for them. And older people seem to be a bit more easily scammed than the general population. More prone to panic, maybe?

or possibly not up to date on the various deceptive practices these guys use. some of them go to great lengths to scam people; it makes you wonder what they could do if they set their minds to good use for a change

[coralway]

PT Barnum was right

[whound68]

PT Barnum was right

Oh come on. There are a lot of folks around here who have beginning dementia and don't have anyone helping them. They are not suckers, they are ill.

[Stu from NYC]

Glad this one was stopped.