{"id":425984,"date":"2026-04-30T21:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/scammers-drain-30000-from-bank-of-america-customer-in-charlotte-heres-how-report-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:06:49","slug":"scammers-drain-30000-from-bank-of-america-customer-in-charlotte-heres-how-report-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/scammers-drain-30000-from-bank-of-america-customer-in-charlotte-heres-how-report-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers Drain $30,000 From Bank of America Customer in Charlotte \u2013 Here&#8217;s How: Report &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An impostor who pretended to work for the Bank of America reportedly stole the savings of a woman in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It all started after Tami Schauf received <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what she thought was a legitimate call from her bank informing her that there was suspicious activity on her account, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/news\/crime\/bank-impersonation-scam-targets-lake-norman-woman-investigation\/275-be9c89bf-9b5c-4554-bd91-19d914cda49a\">reports<\/a>\u00a0WCNC Charlotte.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The victim says the call seemed credible because the caller knew everything about her and was able to provide personal information and send verification codes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believing that she was protecting her finances, Schauf followed the caller\u2019s instructions to withdraw more than $30,000 from two separate banks and hand the money to someone she was told was a private investigator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schauf later filed police reports after realizing that she fell victim to a bank impersonation scam. Investigators say that she is one of at least five people who reported a similar fraudulent scheme in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schauf says that what happened is a traumatic experience. Recovering the money lost would be difficult unless the suspects are identified and caught.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She says she is sharing her experience to warn people of the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNothing like this has ever happened to me\u2026People need to be aware that this is the real deal. 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It all started after Tami Schauf received what she thought was a legitimate call from her bank informing her that there was suspicious activity on her account, reports\u00a0WCNC Charlotte.\u00a0 The victim says the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-425984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425991,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425984\/revisions\/425991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}