Woman scammed out of her savings: ‘I just don’t want anybody to go through what I went through’
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HALES CORNERS -- A Hales Corners woman lost her entire life savings. It all began with a phone call.
The woman, who asked to only be identified as Kris, frantically purchased 29 gift cards worth $6,500.
"Apparently, they were used within a half hour," she said. "They were scaring me."
The woman said two men claiming to be agents for the Social Security Administration told her she needed to purchase the cards.