A Caldwell resident was recently scammed out of $39,500 by an online scheme that seemed believable.
In fact, the scammers already had all of his pertinent banking information, making them appear credible while telling him they were protecting him from hackers who could get to his money.
In fact, they were the bad guys.
The saga began with an on-screen warning on his computer on June 22, scammers pret…