Elderly Darien Woman Loses $15,000 In Fraud Scam: Police

Darien CT

25 January, 2022

4:55 PM

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DARIEN, CT — An elderly Darien woman was recently scammed into withdrawing $15,000 from her bank account, according to police. In a news release, Police Sgt. Dan Skoumbros said the woman, a Gideon Lane resident, told officers on Jan. 18 she received a phone call from a someone claiming to work for Peoples Bank and spoke to numerous people within different "fraud departments." The victim also told officers the "authorities" instructed her not to talk to anyone about the incident, Skoumbros said. According to Skoumbros, the woman was told to withdraw $15,000 from her account, then drive to Stamford and transfer money to Canada through a bitcoin machine. After the transaction, the scammers instructed the woman to wait for a phone call in the morning to send a second sum of $49,000. The second transaction never happened as officers advised the woman it was a scam, Skoumbros said.