80-year-old local woman scammed of $15K, suspect arrested: Police

80-year-old local woman scammed of $15K, suspect arrested: Police

[Watch in the player above: How to avoid being scammed] BAY VILLAGE, Ohio (WJW) -- An 80-year-old Bay Village woman told police she was scammed out of $15,000 after tapping on strange pop-ups that began appearing on her iPad. Detectives worked with authorities in California and Texas to recover most of the defrauded cash, and arrest a Chinese national suspected in the scam, according to a Bay Village police report. Ground beef sold nationwi…

Woman scammed 3k on Facebook Marketplace - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Despite repeated warnings from law enforcement, another person has fallen victim to a scam on Facebook Marketplace. In the latest incident, a 30-year-old woman from Pinto Road, Arima, reported to police she was defrauded of $3,000 after making an online payment for a vehicle she believed she was purchasing. Reports say the woman went to the Arima Police Station on June 2 and told officers she responded to an ad for a "work-to-own" vehicle on Fac…