Police in Oregon say that yet another resident has fallen victim to a nationwide gold bar and coin scam, this time losing approximately $284,000. The case marks at least the fourth victim that Oregon authorities have publicized since this summer.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that an 81-year-old woman reported that she’d lost $284,000 after a scammer claiming to be an FBI agent tricked her into using her savings to buy gold. She then delivered the gold to the scammers “for safekeeping” on Sept. 6.

Less than two weeks later, the man posing as an FBI agent asked the woman to buy an additional $278,000 in gold coins and hand them over, according to court papers. But as the woman attempted to buy coins from JS Coins, the proprietor told her he thought she was being ta

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