Newton Grandmother Scammed Out Of $20,000, Used Bitcoin ATMs To Send Money

By Juli McDonald, CBS Boston

April 20, 2023

NEWTON - It's a phone call that a Newton grandmother would give anything to go back and not answer. It happened last week; the caller said he was a federal law enforcement official, and he feared she was the victim of identity theft.

"He said, 'Alright, are you ready to go to the bank?' I said yes," the woman who did not want to be identified said. "He spelled his name for me and he actually had me put his phone number into Google. It took me directly to the US Marshals Service website."

Elsewhere on the actual US Marshals Service website, there is a warning for this exact scam.

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