Fraudster poses as bank employee
Kamloops — Another scam artist is making the rounds.
That from the Kamloops RCMP after an elderly woman was scammed out of $4,000.
Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says a person claiming to be a representative from the head office branch of her bank called her repeatedly. The person told her her bank account had been breached and since the money had been stolen, the account was now closed.
The fraudster asked the woman into going to a Western Union to transfer money to reopen her bank account. Unfortunately for the woman, by the time she realized it was all a hoax, she had sent almost $4,000.