Vista woman loses $24K in Lowes gift card scam

Vista resident Jan Hoops fell for a gift card scam last week that began with a pop-up alert on her computer, telling her to call a fake number for Microsoft.
D“He explained that they had hacked into my banking account and my CD account, and they had stolen the money,” Hoops said.
The con man convinced her to withdraw thousands of dollars from her bank account.
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[@L.Spencer]

She didn't listen to her credit union nor the Lowe's employees? What else can you do?

[@joeyk803c]

She was WARNED by MULTIPLE employees from both the bank and Lowe's and she still withdrew the money. Then she bought all those gift cards.
Sorry. I cannot have any sympathy for her. For Christs sake. Multiple people told you it's a fucking scam and you didn't listen to them.

[@gemgal711]

With all the information out there about how to avoid scams and she ignored the warnings, she gets what she deserves.

[@DanielPacheco-o4q]

It's her fault that she didn't listen to the credit union and Lowes employees

[@AmericanBuying]

How can anyone fall for this in 2024

[@SHerit-q3v]

If your 70 plus you usually will

[@kop1579]

24k for a virus ? Why not just get a whole new one

[@IsaiahWilson-k4o]

Feel no sympathy for her

[@Broseidon09]

I hope she doesnt get a single penny back, she was warned multiple times and ignored them

[@amberlance182]

*THIS IS SOOO STUPID IT MUST BE A EXAMPLE DRAMA SITUATION*

[@catbangs276]

this is not a new scam and has been out there for about a decade. Props to Lowes and credit union for warning customer, but you can't control if they will listen.

[@moleeds37]

When that so-called virus message comes up, hard shutdown the computer by holding down the power, button then disconnect the computer from the internet, (you may need to power off your router), then reboot the computer. Now that the computer is not connected to the internet, the scam message cannot load and should be a blank window. Close the scam message window, then, reconnect the internet to the computer. If the router was turned off, it will need to be powered back on before reconnecting to the internet. The scam message should be gone.

[@csowner2048]

im pretty sure she voted democrat too. no sympathy whatsoever

[@SHerit-q3v]

She’s needs to watch the bee keeper movie

[@SundayCookingRemix]

Why

[@carloszamudio4492]

Under pressure...👀

[@NeptuneKnives]

Hey watch the beekeeper lol

[@JetHawk]

What will the scammer do with Lowe gift cards? Why not visa gift cards?

[@Broseidon09]

Sell each gift card for 700-800 bucks each or 500 each to make a quick profit

[@garynewman6281]

How

[@TeSolycMandalor]

Fluoride in the tap water

[@junegloom6024]

Trump voter identified

[@Dylan_AlphaLoneKing]

Biden voter I agree

[@TeSolycMandalor]

In California 😂😂😂😂 You're TSD is showing