LONGVIEW — Cowlitz County authorities have arrested a Las Vegas couple accused of scamming people nationwide out of $430,000.
The couple is accused of telling victims a virus would kill off all the data in their computer unless they paid them to repair it.
The Daily News reported Wednesday that a Cowlitz County woman was hit badly by the scam, having lost $35,000.
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