JENSEN BEACH — An 80-year-old woman discovered she was the victim of a scam, after bank employees called deputies because of the frequent number of times she withdrew large amounts of cash, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office report.

The manager of the National City Bank in Jensen Beach contacted deputies Tuesday after an elderly female customer had been withdrawing large amounts of cash and said she was sending it to friends and family, according to the report.

After the bank manager contacted the woman’s daughter in Ohio and found out her customer wasn’t sending money to family, she called deputies while the woman was at the bank trying to withdraw $1,000, according to the report.

The elderly woman told deputies she won a large sweepstakes from a publisher’s clearinghouse and was contacted by phone to wire money several times to Las Vegas. She was told she was going to receive a check for $625,000 on Tuesday, according to the report.

The woman made a total of eight transactions totaling $22,172, which she sent via Western Union transfers, according to the report.

While at the bank talking to deputies, one of the suspects called her phone. When the woman told the person she was at the bank talking to law enforcement, the person hung up, according to the report.

Deputies are investigating the incident.

By Monique Mattiace, TCPalm.com

Tags: bank, deputies, elderly, money, scam, woman

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