In April, a Billings 85-year-old woman began sending a scammer large sums of money after receiving suspicious emails that her PayPal account had fraudulent activity.

Over the course of several weeks, the woman ended up losing an estimated $130,000 in the alleged scam.

The woman's family turned to lead private investigator with Elite Investigations, Michael Toth, to take over the case. Now, several months later, Toth is seeking assistance from the U.S. Department of Justice to capture the perpetrator.

Learn more about fraudsters' digital scams tactics in the video below: Billings private investigator seeking federal help for alleged $130K PayPal scam

In late August, Toth reached out to MTN about an alleged PayPal scam he had been working on. Toth said it was important to inform the p

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