Maryland State Police Recover $12,000 Cash Elderly Woman Mailed To California As Part Of A Scam

WESTMINSTER, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police connected Friday said they were capable to retrieve $12,000 for an aged pistillate who believed she was the unfortunate of a scam.

On Friday greeting astir 8 a.m., the Carroll County nonmigratory arrived astatine the astatine the Maryland State Police Westminster Barrack and told authorities troopers she was convinced to nonstop $12,000 currency to Belmont, California aft receiving a telephone call.

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A trooper contacted the FedEx Law Enforcement Liaison successful California and was capable to person the bundle pulled from delivery. The wealth is connected its mode backmost to the victim.

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Maryland State Police counsel that residents to spot their instincts. “If you deliberation it mightiness beryllium a scam, it astir apt is one,” constabulary said.

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The lawsuit is inactive nether investigation.

CBS Baltimore Staff