Veronica Azuray received a phone call March 2 that has upended her life.
She’s almost broke, she has lost faith in the banking system, and she has an urgent fraud warning for her fellow seniors.
Azuray, who is 80 and lives in Blewett near Nelson, lost $3,000 in a banking scam and she still doesn’t know if she can retrieve her money.
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