Elderly Frisco resident aids authorities in busting scammers from international gold theft ring

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After initially losing thousands from an international gold theft scam, an elderly Frisco resident assists police in catching one of the scammers tied to the ring that has taken over $250 million from elderly victims.Elderly Frisco victim aids policeAn elderly Frisco resident, who prefers to remain anonymous, tells FOX 4's Lori Brown she aided Frisco Police in catching a scam artist connected to an international gold theft ring.The woman says the scammer first called her claiming someone in Ohio was using her credit card to buy thousands of dollars worth of baby toys, and that multiple accounts had been opened up in her name to launder money."He comes on, and he says that he is the head of the fraud division of the Social Security Administration in Washington. And he's very official, very smart, intelligent," the victim tells Brown.The victim initially gave the scammer $30,000 after he provided documents claiming he was working with the U.S. government and would keep her money safe.Aft
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