On 05/14/2018 I, Deputy O’Barr #803, was dispatched to 121 Ryberry Dr Palm Coast Fl. 32164 in reference to a fraud.
Upon arrival I made contact with the victim, Patricia L Harfield, who was later identified by her Florida Driver’s License. Harfield advised on 01/20/2018 a man who went by Scott J Morrison contacted her through Facebook messenger. Scott advised Harfield he was a construction contractor working in Scotland and in the span of several days gained Harfield’s trust and made her believe they were involved in a romantic relationship. Scott was able to surreptitiously obtain details of Harfield’s financial state and began to coerce funds from her. Scott told Harfield he was behind on his construction project due to insufficient funds …show more content…
Carson stated she and Harfield had met “A long time ago.” And quickly began asking about her financial status. Carson would send pictures of Kyle Carpenter a Medal of Honor recipient to Harfield in an attempt to gain her trust and make her believe what he was telling her. Once he had her trust Carson began to advise Harfield Scott was scamming her out of her money and that she should not send him anymore. He then began to convince Harfield she should send him money so he could invest it in bitcoin and oil to recoup her lost funds. Harfield agreed and began purchasing Itunes, Macy’s and JCpennies gift cards in varied increments. Harfield would send pictures of the gift cards to Carson. Carson had her deposit $15,000.00 into a Citibank account #322271724 42024028658 under the name Weijin Hu. Harfield was declined this transaction at Citibank and she contacted Carson and he advised her to use a new bank. She was also told not to give anyone at the bank any information and not to use Citibank anymore to transfer money. She was then given an account from Wells Fargo. It is registered to Atlantic Mechanical Contractors of North Jersey and the account number is #121000248 1244090047. Harfield was successful with this account and transferred $15,000.00 in to it. Over multiple phone conversations Carson convinced Harfield to send him photos of all of her credit cards …show more content…
I also advised her to place a fraud alert on all of her accounts and to cancel any pending transactions on her credit cards. At this time the exact amount of money stolen by Harfield is unknown due to her having to collect all of her bank records but based on the documents she had on hand and her verbal statement it is estimated to be approx. $115,000.00 between all parties
Upon arrival I made contact with the victim, Patricia L Harfield, who was later identified by her Florida Driver’s License. Harfield advised on 01/20/2018 a man who went by Scott J Morrison contacted her through Facebook messenger. Scott advised Harfield he was a construction contractor working in Scotland and in the span of several days gained Harfield’s trust and made her believe they were involved in a romantic relationship. Scott was able to surreptitiously obtain details of Harfield’s financial state and began to coerce funds from her. Scott told Harfield he was behind on his construction project due to insufficient funds …show more content…
Carson stated she and Harfield had met “A long time ago.” And quickly began asking about her financial status. Carson would send pictures of Kyle Carpenter a Medal of Honor recipient to Harfield in an attempt to gain her trust and make her believe what he was telling her. Once he had her trust Carson began to advise Harfield Scott was scamming her out of her money and that she should not send him anymore. He then began to convince Harfield she should send him money so he could invest it in bitcoin and oil to recoup her lost funds. Harfield agreed and began purchasing Itunes, Macy’s and JCpennies gift cards in varied increments. Harfield would send pictures of the gift cards to Carson. Carson had her deposit $15,000.00 into a Citibank account #322271724 42024028658 under the name Weijin Hu. Harfield was declined this transaction at Citibank and she contacted Carson and he advised her to use a new bank. She was also told not to give anyone at the bank any information and not to use Citibank anymore to transfer money. She was then given an account from Wells Fargo. It is registered to Atlantic Mechanical Contractors of North Jersey and the account number is #121000248 1244090047. Harfield was successful with this account and transferred $15,000.00 in to it. Over multiple phone conversations Carson convinced Harfield to send him photos of all of her credit cards …show more content…
I also advised her to place a fraud alert on all of her accounts and to cancel any pending transactions on her credit cards. At this time the exact amount of money stolen by Harfield is unknown due to her having to collect all of her bank records but based on the documents she had on hand and her verbal statement it is estimated to be approx. $115,000.00 between all parties