The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a phone scam that has defrauded a local elderly victim out of a sum of money.
On Wednesday, the victim reported being defrauded of $10,000 during a phone scam. The caller advised the victim that her grandson had been arrested and needed that $10,000 to bond out. The victim agreed to provide the funds and withdrew the money. With the money obtained, she was told the suspects would send someone to her residence to retrieve the money, and later on Wednesday that unknown subject pictured below arrived at her residence and collected the money.
The victim later discovered that her grandson had not been arrested and the incident was a scam. There is no vehicle information available at this time.
Sheriff Russ Gibson and the Sheriff’s Office want to hold the criminals responsible that take advantage of this victim and our most vulnerable residents. They are asking anyone who can help identify this suspect or has any information on this case, or any other similar case,s to contact the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office at 407-348-2222 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477 or crimeline.org, where information leading to a felony arrest may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
