Senior Scam Victim Outed
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•Pop-up scam sees thieves net $340K in cash, gold bars from Ontario man | Globalnews.ca
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A senior from Perth East , Ontario , is out hundreds of thousands of dollars after being the victim of a pop-up computer scam.
The scam began when the victim noticed a notification on their computer directed them to call a phone number.
Police say the man then called the number as they then gave a person on the other end of the line remote access to their computer.
They then told their victim to withdraw $ 80,000 from their bank account and to also purchase $ 240,000 worth of gold bars from an online company.
The bandits then visited the man five times over the next two weeks to claim the cash and gold.
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