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Consumer Matters: B.C. senior caught in sophisticated phone scam
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November 30, 2021
A Vancouver senior found himself potentially on the hook for hundreds of dollars after he answered an unsolicited call. As Consumer Matters reporter Anne Drewa explains, he was lured into a sophisticated scam by someone impersonating a telecommunications company employee.
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