A retired couple is speaking out after they were scammed out of $845,000 in a scheme involving a U.S. Postal Service worker impersonator.
When a loved one is in trouble, it's a no-brainer to help them. But it was a seemingly desperate call that a family says set a scam in motion.
That wasn't all that Salim Zantout is accused of committing. A 91-year-old homeowner said he's out $10,000 after a repair job wasn't even done.
"This was going to be for him, for him to have something to hang on to," said Katherine Smith.
A man and woman allegedly convinced a 71-year-old woman to withdraw $25,000 in order to share in a purse full of money they said they "found" in a grocery store parking lot.
A West University Place family wants to find the scammers who distracted their father and stole valuables from their home by pretending to be tree trimmers.