Darien Resident Loses $30,000 In Scam: Police

DARIEN, CT — A Darien resident was recently scammed into transferring $30,000 out of her bank account, according to police.

According to Police Sgt. Dan Skoumbros, the resident told police she received a text message last week from someone claiming to work for JP Morgan Bank alerting her to fraudulent activity on her account.

She later received a call from a man claiming her account information has been stolen from a scamming device in Florida, Skoumbros said in a news release.

The resident said the suspect called her every night over the course of six days, gathering personal information to allegedly stop the fraudulent activity on her account.

The suspect also had the resident make multiple transfers using Zelle, a money exchange program, to reverse the fraudulent activity.

After becoming suspicious, the resident contacted the bank directly and was told the Zelle transactions were not legitimate. The resident said a total of $30,000 had been transferred out of her account, Skoumbros said.