Oakland womans entire life savings drained by Charles Schwab impersonator

An Oakland woman was shaken down for all she was worth after a scammer posing as a Charles Schwab employee called her frantically.The woman, Jazz Powell-Loggins, told ABC 7 the scheme started when she answered a call from an unknown number.On the other end of the line, a person began screaming at her and telling her someone was trying to “sell” the money out of her account.“And it was panic, panic immediately.‘Hey, some- someone’s trying to sell your money out of your account, and I’m trying to help you.

Hey, and by the way, by the way, I’m a representative of Charles Schwab,'” Powell-Loggins said.“And I said, what do you mean someone – I said, I don’t understand what.Relax.

You’re- I don’t understand.I can’t hear you.

And he was really loud, and he kept getting louder.I said, what are you talking about?”Powell-Loggins then hung up on the scammer to take a phone call from her doctor.

Two minutes later, she saw a haunting notification.The $12,145 in her bank account had been wire transferred out.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story “That was devastating for me,” Powell-Loggins said, “because I… my job was to make sure that my son got out of college with no debt and to help him fulfill his dreams.”She had already been struggling with her husband’s battle with cancer, as she is out of work on disability after an injury on the job at a big-box warehouse store.

And now her bank account had just been emptied out.Charles Schwab denied her any compensation when she appealed, claiming she provided a “verification code to a third party, allowing them to complete the wire.”She told ABC 7 that she did not give the scammers any information and doesn’t understand why Charles Schwab isn’t covering her losses.�...