A scam sweeping the country has drained the bank accounts of more than 50 people in Wisconsin, with one couple losing over $500,000 in gold coins before police intervened.

Here's how it works: on the other side of a pop-up ad sits a scammer waiting to drain your bank account. Once the victim calls the number on their screen, a sophisticated scam ensues. The latest case started the same way.

A criminal complaint says the couple called the number, thinking they had a virus. The person who answered claimed to be a man named "Scott Bessent," the U.S. Treasury Secretary. Another man claimed to be David Freeman, identifying himself as a special agent with the Treasury Department, the complaint states. A criminal complaint says the man told the pair they were victims of a "massive scheme" and t

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