Scammer Claiming to Be From Apple Bilked Thousands From Elderly Sicamous Man
Police say the victim was told his phone had been hacked and was urged to buy gift cards and share banking information.
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Scammer claiming to be from Apple bilked thousands from elderly Sicamous man
An elderly Sicamous man fell victim to a gift card scam costing him thousands of dollars after he received a phone call from a fraudster who claimed to work for Apple. Police said on Aug. 14, a Sicamous resident told Mounties he had been phoned by someone who told him they represented Apple, claimin...
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Sicamous Eagle Valley NewsSicamous man falls victim to "Apple" scammer
An elderly Sicamous man fell for a bad Apple and lost “several thousand dollars” as the victim of a gift card scam. On Aug. 14, the man contacted the Sicamous RCMP reporting that he had been contacted by a person claiming to represent “Apple” and claiming that his phone had been hacked. “The man was convinced that he was required to purchase several thousand dollars in Apple gift cards in order to clear the matter with Apple,” Sgt. Murray McNeil…
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