District attorney issues warning after Wichita woman loses $15,000 to Amazon scam
A Wichita woman is out thousands of dollars after an online scam in which someone convinced her to move her money from her bank account.
Last week, a 68-year-old Wichita woman received a phone call from someone identifying themselves as an Amazon representative, saying her account shows that she had just bought a cell phone, according to a news release from the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.
The woman told the caller that she did not buy a cellphone. The caller then told the woman she was being transferred to her bank.
Another caller told the woman he was transferring her to the Federal Trade Commission to report the scam, the release said.
“This is where the scammers convinced the woman to move everything in her bank account to cryptocurrency,” the release said.
This resulted in the woman losing $15,000.
“Don’t allow anyone to transfer you to your bank,” the release read. “Call your bank directly by using the phone number on your statement or the back of your debit or credit card.”
The government will never ask anyone to move money into cryptocurrency, the release said.