Police: Fraudsters nail resident for $30K — new trend is to collect money at victim’s home

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Police: Fraudsters nail resident for $30K — new trend is to collect money at victim’s home

A Troy man recently got scammed out of $30,000 from fraudsters claiming to be from Microsoft, collecting money owed from a billing error, police said. The case is among several scams reported in recent days to the Troy Police Department. According to Troy police, the man said he was contacted by the suspects who told him he needed to repay money he owed due to an error, and was instructed to withdraw $30,000 from his bank accounts. Two suspects …