They scammed a grandmother who wanted to buy a house, they stole more than 3 million pesos
A retired Colorado teacher and her daughter lost 3 million 775,000 pesos after scammers pretend to be a title company when selling a house. Vicky Ragle69, said she was in the process of buying a house with her daughter Sarah, but in the process they fell victim to wire fraud, leaving them with no funds and no home.
In a recent interview, they commented that the funds were sent to an account not affiliated with the title company after the chainmail. was hacked by as yet unknown criminals. Ragle, who was a secondary school teacher for 42 years before retiring last July, said she lost both her home and her savings.
How did they get scammed?
In an email sent to Ragle by the “hackers” on March 1, Ragle was told that a quick response was needed and full payment of 3.7 million pesos within two days, she was unsuspecting and did. Upon learning that he had lost all of his savings, he collapsed.
“At some point the email chain was hacked and I started receiving scam emails, I didn’t recognize them as scam emails…When I found out that everything I could think was that now I would have no more house and no more money… I threw up, actually,” Ragle said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
A GoFundMe set up by one of Sarah’s coworkers says the couple lost everything. Until Friday morning, the page had raised $66,800 of the $200,000 goalas documented by the New York Post.
The authorities will intervene in the case
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it would take up the case and said it was “working to capture or freeze as many funds as possible so they can be returned to the victim of the crime.” origin”. They also suggested not following text or email instructions, unless confirmed by telephone.
In 2022 in Colorado, the FBI received 504 complaints from compromised companiescosting victims nearly $54 million,” the FBI said in a statement obtained by Fox 31 Denver.
Source: El Heraldo De Mexico
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