SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) – A Lincoln County resident was recently scammed out of around $20,000. The scammers called and claimed they owned a software company that was closing. The scammers told the victim they were going to refund money for the software he had purchased a few months ago. They convinced the victim to let them remotely log into his home computer, which gave them access to his online banking. The scammers over refunded the victim by $11,000. The scammers then convinced the victim to withdraw $11,000 from his account and convert it into Bitcoin and send it to them. They also convinced the victim to purchase $1,000 worth of Google Play gift cards and send them the codes. After having access to the victim’s online accounts, the scammers were eventually able to take more money out.
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