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An elderly woman who has been scammed twice now says she wants to help others avoid becoming a target.
The San Diego County District Attorney says anyone can become a victim but seniors are losing more because they have more money saved up that can be stolen.
“I hardly shop at stores, ever,” said Pat Holden.
The 76-year-old woman hopes by sharing how she fell for an Amazon membership scam, she'll prevent it from happening to others.
“I gotta tell you, I'm pretty good at checking everything,” said Holden.
The Fletcher Hills online shopper thought the email was from Amazon, offering free Prime membership since it said her membership expired.
“I wanted the three months. And I wanted it free,” said Holden.
Holden says she clicked the link and filled out the section with her credit card information.
Holden shared with CBS 8 that her husband just fell for a Facebook scam and she had to get a new credit card and then she thought her payment information needed to be updated with Amazon. But there was no email confirmation after she shared her personal information.
“I waited, I waited. And I thought that's not right,” said Holden.
She called Amazon and was told it was a scam and then called her bank to report it and froze her account.
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