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POLICE, FBI LOOKING FOR ILLINOIS MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SCAMMED NEW ULM WOMAN

New Ulm Police are investigating after they receive a report at 10:43 Tuesday morning from a New Ulm woman who said she was scammed out of $85,000 through an online investment account.  The woman told investigators she was told to pay $85,000 in gold.  The woman allegedly met a man in a grey Ford Edge in the Walmart parking lot and she turned over the gold to the man.  Police are working with the FBI in trying to find the suspect, believed to be a 30-year-old man from Aurora, Illinois.  The man was reportedly in the New Ulm area for several days prior to Tuesday.