A young woman was robbed of more than $21,000 by clever crooks

Last July, more than 21 thousand dollars in cash was stolen from a young woman who was scammed by claiming to be CIBC Bank.

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“Well, it was actually $21,400 that was transferred out of my account,” Bianca Russo said in an interview on the Monday evening show. on your business.

On July 19, the victim received a call from a number referring to the CIBC Fraud Department to explain that people were trying to defraud her.

By going to the bank application, M^me Rousseau notices that $20,000 has been added to his checking account.

What was then explained to him was that the bank had deposited this amount in his account to catch the fraudsters.

Asked to go to branch to sign papers to transfer this money back.

Panicked, Bianca Russo listens to the tricksters' advice.

Little did she know, however, that the fraudsters had access to her bank accounts and that they had taken this amount from her line of credit and transferred it to her checking account.

“No, no, no, that's my money, I just figured it's my line of credit,” the guest explained. “They took money from my margin and put it in my checking account to transfer.”

For the past three months, the victim has been trying to advance her file with her bank, but CIBC M has refused to repay.^me Rousseau, because she agreed to sign the transfer.

“My case grew all the time because they told me I wasn't responsible and finally said to me: 'Oh, well, you're responsible because you went to the bank and signed the transfer,'” she lamented.

Watch the full interview with Bianca Russo in the video above