(CBS-DETROIT) – A Michigan woman was scammed out of $800 after being contacted by someone claiming to be one Barbra Streisand and said she wanted to reward the woman for being her biggest fan.
Troy police say the scammer contacted the victim via text message and told her she won $10,000 because she is the actress-singer’s biggest fan.
The victim was told to send $800 in Apple gift cards to pay the tax on the prize.
The woman purchased the gift cards and gave the scammer the card numbers and codes before realizing she was being scammed.
Police say they were in contact with the scammer for a little more than two weeks before reporting it to the department.
So was another resident of Troy scammed out of almost half a million dollars in a gold exchange fraud earlier this month. The 81-year-old thought it was a legitimate gold exchange with a woman he met online.
