GRAYSON CO, KY - The Leitchfield Police Department (LPD) asks that you follow closely as this is a very complex scam. LPD has been involved as well as GCSO and Federal Agencies to investigate a very unique and complex scam.
In this scenario the victim appears to be benefitting financially but also is becoming a suspect that could be prosecuted criminally.
The scammer contacts a person about a virus on their computer, claims to be with a well known antivirus company.
Then the victim allows them remote access to their computer to repair the issue.
While the perpetrator has access to the computer they obtain usernames and passwords and ultimately end up with access to the persons bank account.
They show the victim that the company has accidentally put too much money in their account as a refund for services.
The victim then begins receiving cash shipments to their home with instructions in how to deposit the cash into account(s) via bitcoin or other means.
In return for cooperation the scammer does not take the life savings of the victim and allows the victim to keep some of the cash for themselves.
PLEASE, if you receive a large shipment of cash turn it over to investigators and cooperate with law enforcement to get the money back to the rightful owner.
If you accept the cash and deposit it, you are now a suspect and could be prosecuted.
Recently Leitchfield PD was involved in intercepting and seeing the return of $15K to a victim in Tennessee.
Victims in New York and other states were not so fortunate as the last known stop of their money was an address in Leitchfield.
Leitchfield Police and Other agencies will work diligently to investigate these cases but nearly every time we are roadblocked when we trace ip addresses to locations outside of this country.
Even though everything you see may appear that they are in New York or Miami, the investigations almost always go cold.
Protect Yourself if it seems too good to be true it probably is.
