‘It’s all I had’: Kelowna, B.C. senior shares details of elaborate scam
Global News
A Kelowna senior is detailing how she was swindled out of thousands of dollars in just a few weeks when she tried to invest in cryptocurrency.
After seeing an ad for bitcoin and pondering the possible investment, 77-year-old Lynda Krauza decided she wanted to get into the cryptocurrency market.
Krauza said her husband has been in and out of Kelowna’s hospital, and she could use the money.
“My kids have helped me tremendously, and I just wanted to be able to pay them back,” she said.
It all started in June, when Krauza entered her email and phone number into a bitcoin website.
She said it didn’t take long for the phone calls to start rolling in.
Krauza said she started out by investing $250 at first.
“It snowballed from there,” she said.
Krauza said she was soon e-transferring $3,000 lump sum payments from her bank to a supposed bitcoin account.
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