PSP Investigating scamming of $18k from elderly Fulton Co. man

14 March 2023- Details are scant but Pennsylvania State Police are looking into the scamming of an 82 year old victim from Ayr Township, Fulton County.

Police say that the unnamed 82 year old McConnellsburg man was contacted on March 7th by unknown actors who claimed to be from Bank of America. After all was completed, the elderly man was scammed out of $18,000.

Police are looking into the incident as a theft/crime by deception. Anyone with information should contact PSP McConnellsburg at (717) 485-3131, reference case number PA 2023-303390