§ 01The brief
A nephew noticed the client was short of money despite a good pension. He had been sending cash, cashier's checks and wires to 'release' a prize that kept growing.
§ 02What I did
- 1.
Went through three years of payments with the family and showed the client the prize letters were fake.
- 2.
Asked the bank to recall the most recent wire, sent ten days earlier.
- 3.
Filed the CCS and FAE reports and helped the family block calls from the numbers the scammers used.
§ 03The outcome
The recent wire returned $64,000. The earlier payments could not be recovered, but the client stopped paying.