I found similar cases reported to Callercenter and from the number of posts, it looks like this particular scam has already happened to different parts of the country.

Thanks for the heads up! It's terrifying what the scammers are capable of just to get their hands on other people's money. I've read about their different schemes and while most of their plots were really obvious, some are convincing enough. So it's a good thing that you post information like this s...