GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A Grand Forks man is warning others of a dangerous fraud scam that cost him thousands of dollars.
Last month, Adam Kuhn, owner of AK Tile LLC, says he recieved a text message from his bank of possible fraud. The text indicated a $9.99 purchase was made through an out-of-state t-shirt shop.
He claims he did not make this purchase, and immediately called the bank. “I called them and stated my wife and I don’t know what this is, then they locked my card,” Kuhn says.
A few days later, he says he recieved an email from someone claiming to be from the PayPal fraud department. They indicated a similar fraud alert with a charge of a lot more money.
“I thought it was weird because I haven’t used PayPal in forever... but I called the 805 area code number because I wanted my money back and it was as real as PayPal could be. It was all voice activated and it sounded so real,” he adds.
Adam says he provided them everything they asked for, but soon, they had full control of his personal computer.
According to the business owner, in order to get the reported money back, the man on the phone said he had to go to a local Bitcoin machine. He was coached over the phone to put money in to eventually get it out.
“The guy said all you have to do is put the cash in. I put in $12,500 dollars of my own cash in this machine,” Adam says.
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