Don't click the link, don't call the number, don't send money. It's what Kerr County officials are advising residents after a scam cost one family $1 million.
– Scams perpetuated on your phone, email, and computer are ending with people losing thousands and thousands of dollars.
“Probably in the last year, we’ve seen maybe about $2 million in losses from our citizens just here in Kerr County,” said Lucas Flores, a digital forensic investigator at KCSO. “We had a particular case not too long ago where a victim was victimized over a year and lost approximately $1,000,000 in the process,” Flores said.
“A huge increase from the past. And the scary part is that that’s just a small portion of what’s actually out there. These are just the people that are actually coming to us. What happens a lot of times is that, especially with the elderly, is that they get scammed, and then they realize it, and they get embarrassed by it, and they don’t say anything,” Flores said.“Fraudulent investment schemes.
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