A Toronto senior lost about $25,000 after being contacted by someone pretending to be an Amazon representative.
Linda Dyment said that she thought the call she got asking to update her Amazon Prime account sounded legitimate.
“They said they needed my credit card information and I said, well why do you need it when you already have it?”
According to Dyment, the caller said Amazon wanted to make sure they had the proper information and also asked to check her bank account as well.
Dyment agreed and thought she was processing a $39 payment to continue her Prime account.
Dyment said days after the July 16 call she never gave it much thought, until she tried to use her credit card.
“It was declined” said Dyment.
Dyment became concerned and contacted her bank, Bank of Montreal, and that’s when she was told someone had used her information to do cash withdrawals over four days totalling $25,000.
“With all that happening in my accounts between Saturday and Tuesday, no red flags were set up” said Dyment, who added “I can’t afford to lose that money.”
Dyment said after she had a meeting with her bank she was told it was her fault because she gave out her credit and banking information over the phone.
“I can’t even explain how I feel about this. This is my money and you guys (the bank) have the responsibility to keep it safe for me, so why put it in a bank if you can’t look after it,” said Dyment.
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