'I learned the hard way': Winnipeg senior warns of scam that nearly cost her close to $20K
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A Winnipeg senior is warning others to be vigilant after someone tried to scam her out of nearly $20,000.
A Winnipeg senior is warning others to be vigilant after someone tried to scam her out of nearly $20,000.
Arlene Reid, 70, said she received a voicemail in March from someone claiming to be from CIBC. The caller alerted her to a debit transaction she had supposedly made. Reid was instructed to call back if the transaction was not legit.
Not recognizing the charge, she did just that. The person who answered said the transaction was 'an inside job' with the bank, and they needed her help investigating it.
They instructed her to call the actual CIBC fraud line, claiming the RCMP was recording the call.
"They said they could catch him red-handed. They just needed the employee number. They just needed this phone call," Reid told CTV News Winnipeg in an interview.
Once she was on the line with CIBC on her cell phone, the fraudster instructed Reid through her landline on what to say to the bank.
It escalated from there.
