Wells Fargo customer lost $68K after being tricked by scammer: report

A Wells Fargo customer lost $68,000 after being tricked into making a wire transfer by a scammer, report says

A Wells Fargo customer lost nearly $70,000 after being tricked by a scammer into making a wire transfer, a report says.that California man Marc Beardsley was tricked into transferring the money after $70,000 appeared in his checking account.

Beardsley's wife, Rosilyn Nesler, told ABC7 the hacker then called Beardsley and pressured him to"return" the money claiming it had been transferred accidentally. The scammer told Beardsley he only had to transfer $68,000 to make up for any trouble caused, leaving him with $2,000.Their son, Tod Beardsley, told ABC7 he was upset that Wells Fargo hadn't queried the unusually large transfer before processing it.

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