Brunswick Hills Township Police Department
On June 11, a woman reported being scammed out of $20,000 by a man claiming to work on an oil rig in Alaska.
The victim said the two began an online dating relationship in May and he convinced her to take out a loan and send him $20,000 for a drill bit. The man later asked for $35,000 to help his crew get off the oil rig after encountering trouble there.
She told him she could not secure another loan and she instead contacted the United States Coast Guard about the alleged oil rig emergency. Coast Guard officials reportedly told her no such oil drilling activity was currently taking place in the area.
Police later confirmed that a “contract” the man had provided the victim as proof of his employment was fake.
A resident reported the windshield of his van smashed out overnight June 11-12. There were no suspects at the time of the report.
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