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Salmon Arm Police Say Woman Scammed by Someone Claiming to Represent Norton Anti-Virus
- A 77-year-old Montrose resident became the victim of a months-long scam that started in August 2024 involving a false prize and fees to claim it.
- The scam began when a man named James Cooper falsely informed the senior he won $950,000 cash, a briefcase with $150,000 USD, and a new Mercedes-Benz truck requiring minor fees.
- The fraudsters cited well-known community figures, such as the mayors of Nelson and Creston, to make their story more convincing and continuously requested increasing amounts of money over several months.
- By April 2025, the victim lost more than $54,000, saying, "I did stupid things," and faced having to repay $14,000 on his line of credit despite warnings from police and his bank.
- The man has since taken protective steps like changing his bank accounts and adding call-blocking but does not expect to recover much of his losses and wishes to warn others of similar scams.
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Salmon Arm police say woman scammed by someone claiming to represent Norton Anti-Virus
A Blind Bay woman was scammed out of $9,000 by a man claiming to be a representative of Norton Anti-Virus software. On May 10, the woman told Salmon Arm RCMP she had been the victim of a computer fraud. 'The woman informed police she was contacted by someone named James who claimed to be from Norton...
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