28-12-2024 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca

Mounties warn seniors to be aware after Salmon Arm senior scammed out of $9,000

SALMON ARM — RCMP say a 69-year-old woman is out thousands of dollars after she fell victim to fraud earlier this month.
Police say the woman told them she bought $9,000 in Apple iTunes gift cards and gave those details to scammers.“The woman reported she clicked on a link while on Facebook that caused an alarm pop-up telling her she had been hacked and that she would be reported for accessing child pornography if she didn’t call a phone number on the screen,” the RCMP sa
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