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I was contacted via text message regarding a suspicious transaction. I responded to the text that it was not my transaction. I immediately received a phone call from an individual who stated his name was Michael Thompson from the Wells Fargo Fraud Dept. I advised him to call me back in 15 minutes due to the fact I was operating a motor vehicle and on my way to work. I arrived at my work place and shortly I received a return call from Mr Johnson. It all appeared to be legitimate because he began to list transactions for me to verify which consisted of transactions that I had made and some that I didn’t have knowledge of. After each transaction I disputed, he would text me a code for reporting purposes. I would repeat the code back to him for verification. During the phone conversation, he mentioned 3 Zelle payments from me to a friend of mine totally $1850.00. He had me contact my friend and asked him to immediately return the funds. My friend, believing this guy to be legit, returned the funds. During the conversation, I was distracted often because I was at work, he sent me a link to verify my statement, and it was to photo a copy of my drivers license and submit it. Which I did. Our phone conversation lasted almost 2 hours. It was hard to focus on the job I was being paid to due and focusing on not being ripped off. The next day I received another call from “Mr Thompson” to verify additional information. He had the name of the alleged person, ‘Anna Rodriguez’ and wanted to know if I knew her. I replied no. He stated she had been fired from Wells Fargo a year ago. She allegedly worked at the WF Bank where I do most of my banking. He also asked if I knew a ‘Mr Luis Perez’. Apparently, Mr Perez deposited 2 checks into my account totally $24,500.00. Mr Thompson stated that Mr Perez had apparently been scammed too and closed out his accounts at his bank. Allegedly, Mr Perez requested that I wire the money back, but to his wife’s account. The info for the wire transfer is, as follows: Raquel Jackson, 1305 North Jackson St, America’s, Ga 31719. Acct #7798167156; Routing #121000227. Which I did. Mr Thompson also had me chat with an alleged FBI Agent Johnson to verify certain info. At the end of our conversation, Mr Thompson said his ID# was 8732 and the Claim # was 0174857. Acct #7798167156; Routing #121000227