Amy Willis of Springfield, Va. says she was duped into giving $25,000 to an imposter of the NFL quarterback Vince Young.
Willis is the latest victim to come forward in a string of scams involving 33-year-old Stephen Pittman of Ft. Washington, who was arrested on Friday and charged with felony fraud for impersonating the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback.
Willis says she met Pittman at a bar in Woodbridge in June, and that Pittman told her he was Vince Young. Pittman persuaded Willis to wire him $25,000 the following week, saying the money would serve as an investment in a spa business that she would run, she said.
“I was called by Wachovia bank telling me that a Stephen Pittman had come into the bank and was withdrawing money at different locations in Maryland and that I had been scammed,” Willis told NBC Washington.
Authorities say Pittman has scammed a number of women into giving him money by impersonating Young at parties and at hospitals.
