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Nanaimo woman loses nearly $27,000 in lottery scam
BY , Apr 29, 2021 9:40 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police in Nanaimo say a woman has given up hope over recovering 27,000 dollars lost in a lottery scam where she was tricked into believing she'd won 750 million dollars.
Police say the unnamed senior received several calls last month from the same man who told her she had won the grand prize and all she needed to do to claim the winnings was pay some taxes up front.
Over the next three weeks she was told to send cash to various addresses along with prepaid gift cards totaling more than 27,000 dollars.
Police say when the money didn't show up, she spoke with a relative who convinced her she'd been scammed.
Nanaimo RCMP on Twitter:
Nanaimo woman loses thousands in Lotto #SCAM https://bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=876&languageId=1&contentId=69261
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