An Oliver, B.C., woman has fallen victim to an online scam. Tracey Brown had just started a new job when she received an email from who she thought was her boss.
In the email, the person asked Brown to pick up $700 worth of Amazon gift cards “to reward some hard-working employees.”
“Being an older person, I was intimidated by the technology as it is then all of a sudden, I got an email from who I thought was my boss,” said Brown.
“I have been in positions before where I’ve been asked to use my own money to buy something and I have always been reimbursed, so I didn’t think it was an issue.”
Brown says the person on the other end of the email insisted she go right away, so she did. She purchased the gift cards and then was asked to scratch off the back and send pictures of the numbers.
