A bank alert leads to a Paulding County scam sting

FOX 5 Atlanta's report follows a daughter's intervention and a parking-lot operation that ended in an arrest.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 120,212 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (4,920).

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1:05The woman handed over $40,000 after being told the money needed protection in an FDIC-related scam.
1:36A further $35,000 demand prompted a bank alert to her daughter and a police sting at a Chevron parking lot.
1:56The woman recounts the handover and how detectives intercepted a suspect.
3:23Ashley Henson urges people to pause and contact family or law enforcement before sending money.

She thought she was protecting her money. Instead, a senior citizen in Paulding County handed over tens of thousands of dollars in a scam invoking the FDIC, she tells FOX 5 Atlanta.

"You trusted them that they were gonna protect your money," she says in Kevin Stewart's report.

The next demand, for another $35,000, brought an intervention. Her bank alerted her daughter, who coordinated with investigators to arrange a sting at a Chevron parking lot. The woman recounts the exchange and how detectives intercepted a suspect. The report says an arrest followed, with charges including theft by deception.

The segment drew roughly 60,000 views in its first eight hours, already far beyond the few thousand a regular FOX 5 Atlanta video usually receives on its first day.

Its most useful detail is the pause between the demand and the next handover: the bank contacted family, and family brought in police. In the report, Ashley Henson urges people facing pressure to send money to stop and contact relatives or law enforcement first. "And be patient, and call before you make a decision," Henson says.

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