Public Safety
Darien Woman, 25, Taken in Internet Scam with Added Twist
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Not only was a 25-year-old Darien woman taken in by an internet scam perpetrated by someone who offered her a dog-walking job, but the person she sent the money to also appears to have been taken in. The Darien woman was recently contacted over the Internet and asked if she would like to do the dog walking. As is typical in these scams, the thief offered to send a larger amount of money than the woman would be getting as payment. The woman was to then send the extra money, minus a fee for her dog-walking and money-transferring services, to another account. The woman found the check was deposited, immediately transferred some of it out of her account to another account — and, true to form in these scams, her bank later told her the check they received had bounced.