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Evan McKenna
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Breaking News Reporter, The Island Packet
Beaufort
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By Evan McKenna Verified| The Island Packet Verified An 87-year-old woman from Sun City Hilton Head lost thousands of dollars after a group of scammers sent an Uber to her driveway and ferried her to a local bank under false pretenses. It was a rare, in-person variant of a commonly reported scam tactic where criminals imitate public officials and demand targets send “bond money” to evade a fabricated punishment.
By Evan McKenna Verified| The Island Packet Verified Ten days after mailing a $1,640 check through the U.S. Postal Service, a Hilton Head couple found the sum had been “mobile deposited” into the bank account of a man they didn’t know. Over the next two months, the couple caught two more instances of criminals trying to drain their wallets via fraudulent checks. But the transfers’ check numbers didn’t line up — one belonged to a check still sitting in the wife’s checkbook, she told police. The other number didn’t even exist in her registry.
By Evan McKenna Verified| The Island Packet Verified An 87-year-old woman from Sun City Hilton Head lost thousands of dollars after a group of scammers sent an Uber to her driveway and ferried her to a local bank under false pretenses. It was a rare, in-person variant of a commonly reported scam tactic where criminals imitate public officials and demand targets send “bond money” to evade a fabricated punishment.
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The Island Packet
Read today's latest news, headlines and updates from Hilton Head, South Carolina and the Lowcountry. Stay up to date on crime, politics, local business and the economy.
Beaufort, United States
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