Suspect Bagged In Alleged Real Estate Scam Leaving 75-Year Old South Carolina Woman Out $15K, Facing Foreclosure; More Victims Possible

In Moncks Corner, South Carolina, WCIV-TV Channel 4 reports:

• A man is arrested for scamming a 75-year-old out of more than $15,000, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. Rufus Rivers of Ladson was arrested Tuesday, after deputies say he convinced the elderly woman the money would be used to pay her mortgage. Authorities say Rivers kept the money for himself and the woman’s property is now in foreclosure and ready to be auctioned off.

• He was apprehended when he went to the woman’s Moncks Corner home to collect another supposed payment from the victim. [...] A receipt book seized as evidence indicates Rivers may have additional victims.

Rivers is reportedly charged with felony offenses of:

• Obtaining a signature or property under false pretenses, and
• Exploitation of a vulnerable adult.

Source: Elderly Woman Scammed Out of $15,000.

See also: Scammed Elderly Woman May Lose Home. KappaDeedTheft