An Oliver, B.C. woman who fell victim to an online scam last month is now thanking the kindness of strangers.
Tracey Brown received an email from someone she thought was her boss while at work. In the email, the person asked Brown to pick up $700 worth of Amazon gift cards “to reward some hard-working employees.”
She purchased the gift cards and then was asked to scratch off the back and send pictures of the numbers. Following the incident, Brown contacted her visa company, Amazon and the RCMP but she was still out the $700.
She says Okanagan resident, Kirk Chamberlain and his wife Katie, reached out after seeing her story and offered to pay the bill.
