FORT WORTH, Texas — Ann Reed thought she was helping the FBI investigate a case. Instead, the 84-year-old Fort Worth woman became the victim of an elaborate scam that cost her nearly $600,000.
The scheme began in May 2025 with a phone call from someone claiming to be FBI Agent Richard Williams. Over the following weeks, Reed received daily calls and doctored documents — including fake FBI warrants and badges — that convinced her she was working on an official investigation.
"I fell for it because I thought I was working for the FBI," Reed said. "I really did."
Her son, Matthew Reed, recognized the fraudulent documents immediately when he first saw them.
"First time I saw it, I was like, that's fake," he said. "It looks like a canned photo."
But by then, his mother had already begun fo

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