Police: ‘Do Not Send Money to People You Do Not Know’
Pennsylvania State Police are urging residents to protect their assets by avoiding online scams, after a local woman was reportedly conned out of thousands of dollars recently.
Pennsylvania State Police are urging residents to protect their assets by avoiding online scams, after a local woman was reportedly conned out of thousands of dollars recently.
In a news release Monday, troopers from the state police barracks at Belfast said a 72-year-old woman from Williams Township lost $17,500 to someone she met online over the summer.
Between July 1 and Oct. 24, police said the woman sent the unidentified individual the money that was stolen.
The transfers only stopped once she learned the requests were part of a scam, they added.
“Please do not send money to people you do not know,” state police said.
Anyone who thinks they may have been a victim of a scam may report it to state police at Belfast by calling 610-759-6106, or by calling their local police department.
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