An elderly woman in Colorado was scammed by two men from California, who convinced her via a pop-up on her iPad that her personal information had been compromised and that she needed to move all the money from her accounts, then purchase gold bars and deliver them to them for safe keeping.

The 76-year old was using her iPad back in march when a suspicious pop-up appeared, saying her account info had been stolen and that someone was writing checks on her account. In order to protect her money, and restore her identity, she had to call a phone number.

That led her to two men in California, who had her move more than $200,000 from her account to another account, then go purchase $203k worth of gold bars and deliver them in person to their "special agent" in Castle Rock. She did so.

After the scammers continued to contact her and demand she purchase more gold bars, she eventually contacted police who asked her to participate in a sting operation. And when she arranged another drop off of more gold bars, this time it was the Douglas County Sheriff's Office that met up with them, leading to their arrest and now guilty plea deal, requiring restitution and that they serve 6 years in a Colorado correctional facility.

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