A retired teacher says a Bitcoin scam took her life savings — and now she might lose her home. The warning she wants everyone to hear. 7’s Heather Walker has this exclusive investigation.
Karla Kelley thought she had set herself up for a nice, comfortable retirement after 30 years of teaching.
Karla Kelley, Bitcoin ATM scam victim: “I had worked all my life to get to a point where I had no debt.”
But one phone call changed that.
Karla Kelley: “They put a fear into me, it’s like, ‘Oh, my gosh.'”
Karla says she got an email about her PayPal account and was given a phone number to call. That’s when she got the bad news.
Karla Kelley: “Your account is in jeopardy; somebody has got your identity.”
The man on the phone said her account was hacked and criminals now had access to her bank a

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