JPMorgan Chase Customer Loses $35,000 to Scammers Impersonating Bank Fraud Department and FBI

JPMorgan Chase Customer Loses $35,000 to Scammers Impersonating Bank Fraud Department and FBI

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A JPMorgan Chase customer has been defrauded of over $35,000 through a sophisticated spoofing scheme. Scammers, posing as bank anti-fraud officials and the FBI, convinced the Illinois resident to transfer funds to an account controlled by the criminals.

A JPMorgan Chase customer has been swindled out of over $35,000 by scammers posing as the bank’s anti-fraud officials and the FBI. Illinois resident Jennifer Lichthardt says she feels violated after criminals used a spoofing scheme to convince her to transfer $35,000 to a Chase account controlled by the scammers, reports ABC 7 Chicago.