William Webster and wife Lynda helped the FBI capture the scammers who tried to steal money. “He got me on the phone alone and threatened to shoot my brains out.”
HOUSTON — A phone scammer in Jamaica picked the wrong target when he called former FBI and CIA director William Webster.
“I served in WWII and Korea. I was a federal judge. I was the director of the FBI. Director of the CIA and I was the target in an elder fraud scheme,” Webster said in a new FBI public service announcement.
The campaign is directed at older Americans who fall victim to financial fraud schemes. Last year, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 92,000 complaints from victims over the age of 60. Their combined losses topped $1.7 billion.
Webster and his wife Lynda helped the FBI capture the scammers who tried to steal money. The calls started with a man who said his name was David Morgan telling Judge Webster that he won a lottery.
“The total value of the award is about, it is about $72 million,” the caller “David” said.
“72 million,” the caller repeated. “You are the first-place winner.”
But since Webster…
