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Fraudsters cleverly defrauded a pensioner of $94

West Palm Beach native John McKendrick lost all his money. He is 80 years old, but a veteran of the US Navy has a master's degree and is very technically savvy. But nevertheless, according to him, the scammers emptied his bank account, reports WPBF.

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“The money they took was the money I lived on. That was my main account,” McKendrick said through tears.

It all started in March when McKendrick noticed a strange charge on his credit card for what he thought was Norton Security Protection. He said he googled the company and called the number he found. The person who answered said he needed remote access to his computer to check if his software was installed.

“So I gave them access to my computer to check and they said, 'No, you don't have Norton installed, but look what we found. We found all these hackers,” McKendrick said.

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The bombardment of spam messages solidified his trust in the "rep."

McKendrick says he was convinced he needed their help.

"He said, 'Well, what we're going to do is put money in your bank account and that will provoke the hackers,'" he said.

His desktop was suddenly flooded with scam tabs popping up, so McKendrick gave Thomas, the deception expert, his account information and watched as he thought his bank balance had increased by $10. But it was a hoax.

“Then the scammers asked me to withdraw this extra money from my account and return it to the scammers in the form of bitcoins,” he said.

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McKendrick repeated this process every day for a week, scanning and sending the agent a receipt each time. He didn't know that no extra money came into his account - it was all a visual deception.

By the time the pensioner realized this, the $94 had already disappeared. The money he saved for the last farewell to his dead wife.

“I planned that I would spend part of the money on a wonderful celebration in London, on a memorial service that we were going to hold,” he said through tears.

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McKendrick filed a police report with the PBSO, spoke to his local representatives and contacted his bank. He says that even if he doesn't get his money back, he hopes his story will keep someone else from making the same mistakes. He wants his story to serve as a warning to stay vigilant about online credit card information.

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