Community helps Oceanside Marine veteran recover $35K lost in elaborate phone scam

Community helps Oceanside Marine veteran recover $35K lost in elaborate phone scam

After a Marine veteran from Oceanside lost nearly $35,000 to an elaborate phone scam, the community came together to help him out in a big way. “I was in tears last time. But now if I have tears, they’re going to be happy tears,” Tom Eberhardt said. Eberhardt is grateful for the support he’s received from the community since first sharing his story. The 76-year-old was scammed on his birthday. “It restored a lot of faith in humanity. It really d…