Two men allegedly posed as federal agents to scam an 85-year-old Washington, D.C., man out of over $200,000 in gold bars before police moved in.

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• Fox News right

  Two men allegedly posed as federal agents to scam an 85-year-old Washington, D.C., man out of over $200,000 in gold bars before police moved in.
• The Guardian left

  State’s attorney general says scammers have made off with more than $100m in past two years Scammers in New York have been using gold bars to steal money from victims, primarily seniors, and made off with more than $100m over the past two years, the state’s attorney general announced on Friday. The scheme starts with victims receiving a fake pop-up message that states their computer or financial account has been compromised, the press release stated. The message includes a phone number to call,