Franca Sparapani still can’t bear to look at her bank statements from last summer.
In July there is a withdrawal of $5,000 from her checking account and another $10,000 billed to her credit card.
The 52-year-old woman says she was the victim of a phone scam.
“I lost so much sleep over this. I was so emotional,” she told Global News.
Sparapani received a call from an impersonator claiming to work for Amazon telling her that her Prime account was overcharged and that the company wanted to issue her a reimbursement.
But the fake employee told Sparapani that she needed to provide some private banking details to get the money.
After complying with the request, Sparapani received a call from the Bank of Montreal claiming that she may have been the victim of a phone scam and needed to file a police report.
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Sparapani says she did that but also made three requests with BMO to be reimbursed but all of them were denied.
“If it wasn’t for my mother, I would be bankrupt. I would have had to declare bankruptcy. I told them that,” Sparapani said.
She has since filed a complaint with the BMO Ombudsman’s Office hoping her fourth attempt will be…
