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Quick work by police in Barnegat Township in Ocean County kept an 80-year-old man's life savings from getting into the hands of scammers who infiltrated the man's computer.

The man, who did not want to be identified, fell for the scheme that convinced him that $95,000 had been mistakenly deposited to his bank account and he needed to send a cashier's check to New York City to return the money.

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The $95,000 equaled nearly all of the man's savings.

"He would pop up on. It was mostly his voice I heard. He was so convincing. I convinced my wife," the man said.

However, on Sunday, Nov. 2, the man realized he fell for fraud and alerted Barnegat Township police, who quickly sprung into a

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