Glen Rock Local Scammed Out Of $25K Left Gift-Wrapped On Porch: PD

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A desperate Glen Rock computer-owner was scammed out of $25,000 after gift-wrapping the cash in shoe box and leaving it on the front porch, official said.

The unidentified victim, believing the $25,000 would buy technical support for a computer issue, left the box on the porch on March 2, Glen Rock police Chief Dean Ackermann said.

The scam began with a pop-up message directing viewers to call Apple or Microsoft about a technical issue, officials said.

A purported representative who answered the call delivered the strange instructions to the victim, Ackermann said.

But Glen Rock resident was never contacted again and eventually realized the pop-up ad was a scam, police said.

A detective was assigned to investigate the matter, police said.