MA mother and daughter from Lakewood, Colorado, USA, were defrauded out of nearly $200,000 (about €187,000) while buying a home. The 69-year-old retired teacher and her daughter were left with no savings, fearing homelessness.
The woman told Fox 31 that the emails of Vicki Ragel and her daughter Sara were intercepted and hacked with a real estate agent.
“I started getting scam emails and I didn’t realize they were a scam,” he admitted, because everything was “the same.”
On Wednesday, two days before closing a deal with a real estate agency, Regal was surprised with a demand of 196,662.81 dollars (about 184,371.38 euros). If this payment is not made within 48 hours, the business will collapse, he said. As a result, the woman sent the amount.
On Friday, mother and daughter visited the real estate office, where everyone was “smiling and excited.”
After signing the documents, the real estate consultant informed them that the money had not been sent. It was at that moment that they realized they had been duped, and Sarah reported the case to Lakewood authorities and the FBI.
“I went out and threw up,” Raghill said, adding that all he could think about now was that he was “homeless and penniless.”
“I’m 69 years old, I’m homeless, I’m penniless,” he reiterated.
After 42 years as a teacher, Rahul retired in July. Not only did he lose his life savings in the scam, but also the furniture he bought with his daughter.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do, but we’re going to get through this. We’re going to find a way,” he said.
Meanwhile, a friend of the targets created a fundraiser in his name GoFundMe platform, It has, so far, raised 102,578 dollars (about 96,117 euros) out of 200 thousand.
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