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Story summary
- A Montreal widow in her 70s was scammed out of about $20,000 after three phone days.
- She believed she was assisting the RCMP in catching corrupt bank employees.
- Scammers coached her through withdrawals and sent couriers to collect the cash.
- She filed a police witness statement the day she discovered the fraud.
- Canadian fraud officials say bank-investigator scams have cost Canadians tens of millions of dollars.