CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Have you ever quickly wired money to someone and later found out you’d been scammed?
You may be able to get some or all of the money back if you act fast.
We’ve been covering their stories for years. Now, scam victims have just a few days left to file claims, requesting money back.
The Federal Trade Commission is one of our Cuyahoga County Scam Squad partners. A representative sat down with Hannah Catlett recently, to explain who qualifies for a refund and the steps you can take before August 31st to file a claim.
Those who qualify for their money back likely walked into a grocery store, went to the customer service counter and used Western Union to wire funds not knowing they were in the middle of a scam.
Jon Miller Steiger is Federal Trade Commision’s Director of the East Central region.
The consumers who qualify for reimbursements, he says, lost money in several kinds of scams beginning in the…
