She was given a name and told to pay $990 to that person through Zelle. The payment, however, never went through because it was flagged by her bank as fraudulent activity. The would-be ICE agent at some point told her to call on a private number. She was then told to download two applications titled Any Desk and Quick Support/Team Viewer to her phone and the latter one to her laptop.
She was then told to pull up her banking information. She said there was approximately $5,000 in her account.
The victim was then told they would create an E-Wallet for her and she was to place $4,900 into a Peruvian bank account. She was told someone would stop by her house the next day and give her access to her E-Wallet.
She was in contact with the caller for another day, but when she tried the number again, it had been disconnected and she realized she had been the victim of a scam. She went to her bank and advised them of the fraudulent transfer and then went to the police department to make a report.
The officer was not able to develop suspect information and noted in the report it appears likely it involves subjects outside of the United States.
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