OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A First Alert 6 investigation takes us through an elaborate scam from the victim’s perspective, who asked not to be identified.

A scammer convinced an Omaha senior citizen to send them thousands of dollars over several weeks. Her losses could have been far greater, but she called Mike McKnight, who spotted numerous red flags.

She’s 83 years old, but Eileen isn’t behind the times.

“I’m a person who sits down at the computer and messes around,” she said.

That may be how an alleged scammer targeted Eileen, claiming her identity had been stolen and, with phony paperwork, convinced her to withdraw money and move cash into a bogus government account as bait.

“To entice these people so that they can catch them, who’s been doing it,” said Eileen.

To prove he’s a federal

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