She sent US$32,000 to scammers who claimed to be from the IRS. Here’s how the scam worked


Text messages on the woman's phone showed the scam began May 1. — Dreamstime/TNS

A Gig Harbor police officer met with a woman in her 80s on May 11 who said she got scammed.

When the officer arrived in the lobby of Heron's Key, the woman told him she hoped the scammers would call while he was there.

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