LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln man lost more than $100,000 to a scam over the past week. Lincoln Police received a report on the incident on Friday.

A 58-year-old man received a call and text from a woman claiming to be a federal agent.

The scammer said the man’s bank accounts were compromised by hackers. The man was told to withdraw money from his bank, and meet a person outside his house, who would put the money in a lockbox.

On Nov. 17, the 58-year-old gave $79,000 in cash to an unknown man.

Two days later, the woman contacted him again and told him to deposit $4,000 in two separate bitcoin ATMs. He was also told to ship $20,000 in cash to an address in California, which he sent on Nov. 19.

In total, the man lost around $103,000.

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