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Peoria Police recover $25K for fraud victim

Senior citizen lured into plot involving fake bank employees, fake account

A Peoria senior citizen was targeted in January when he was out running errands and received a text from Bank of America asking if he had just made a purchase amounting to $399.99 at Best Buy.

The man, who Peoria Police only identified as “Dave,” had not.

Afraid his funds may have been compromised, he called the number provided by the text message and was welcomed by a recording from the bank and a prompt leading him to the voice of someone he thought was a Bank of America employee.

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