An elderly couple has lost their life savings to online scammers, even after their bank warned about potential fraud.

The couple, from Brantford, Ontario, is out more than $1 million. It was money the unnamed couple in their 70s says they had invested throughout their lives, reports the Daily Mail .

“It was money that we inherited. It was money from the sale of our house. It was money we were going to leave our son.”

The scam began with what a simple pop-up on the couple’s computer screen.

‘I couldn’t get rid of it, the woman said. ‘It wouldn’t turn off.’

It appeared to be an alert about their finances. There was a phone number, which the couple called. The man told CTV News that he recalled being told his SIN number, ‘had been compromised and was being used for money laundering b

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