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Ottawa man intercepts bitcoin scam targeting elderly woman (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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An Ottawa man found himself intercepting an investment scam Friday afternoon.

Tom St. Denis was on his lunch break at the Kanata Indian Supermarket when he happened to pass by an elderly woman being guided over the phone to use the store’s bitcoin ATM.

He got in his car to leave, but a bad feeling drove him back inside. When he asked the woman why she was using the machine, his bad feeling was justified…

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[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Bravo to Tom St. Denis, for stopping the elderly women. If you see an elderly woman trying to buy bitcoin or gift cards, speak to them and see whats going on.

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