Couple duped in ‘very unusual’ gold bar scam loses over RM550,000, US cops say

A couple was convinced to buy gold bars and hand them over to fraudsters in an elaborate and unusual scam. — Image by freepik

A Nebraska couple was recently scammed out of US$115,000 (RM551,080) in a “very unusual” and “scary” fraud scheme, investigators say.

A couple – ages 71 and 68 – were at their home in Lancaster County on Friday, March 29, when their computer suddenly shut down, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said during an April 16 news briefing. When it rebooted, a message appeared stating there was a “malware issue” with the computer, and a phone number was listed, Houchin said. They called it.