WILSON, Minn. – A $25,000 online scam was reported by man who said he had been told that a computer company had misbilled him $250 and was sending him a refund. Moments later, in a second call, the caller said in another mistake that the refund check had just been written for $25,000 and, please, please, would he return overage. He did as instructed and sent $24,759 — only to realize later that the supposed $250 refund was never delivered to his bank in the first place, nor had been the $25,000. The man, who lives on Honey Locust Lane between Wilson and Winona, called the sheriff’s office about 4:50 p.m. It would be a long shot if the scammer wer ever identified or the money returned, a sheriff’s investigator said.
