A 22-year-old man from Pompano Beach was arrested last week and faces several charges after allegedly scamming an elderly victim out of tens of thousands of dollars in an elaborate Deerfield Beach bank fraud scheme, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

How the Deerfield Beach bank scam unfolded

BSO detectives said they were tipped off by the South Florida Fraud Task Force and the FBI.

Investigators learned the victim received a call from someone posing as a Wells Fargo representative who warned of a suspicious $20,000 withdrawal attempt. Another individual then joined the call, claiming to be an "investigator," and instructed the victim to withdraw more than $20,000 in cash and ship it to an address in Deerfield Beach.

The victim, who BSO says lives in another state and who

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