Fail: Senior Blames Bank for Online Scam

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/04/05/bc-rbcdebt.html

An 86-year-old Vancouver fraud victim has taken a stand against Canada's biggest bank, saying her Royal Bank branch shouldn't have allowed her to withdraw $10,000 on her Visa card to give to a scam artist with no questions asked.

*sigh*

RBC spokesman Geoff Owen said this, which basically sums up what I think of the matter:
But ultimately, the decision to remove funds from your bank account, or your cash advance on your Visa, is the responsibility of the client.

Thoughts on this, and the matter in general?

[Lance]

People shouldn't have credit cards unless you know how they work.

I agree with Geoff. Bank's aren't babysitters - if you get duped by a scam artist, your fault - not the banks. Get a brain and know that if it's too good to be true, it's a scam.

Don't get me wrong - Banks are greedy *****. But people need to be responsible for their own stuff.

[Jason]

Agreed. If the boot was on the other foot and the woman had gone to the bank and said "I want to withdraw $10k" and the bank had refused, she'd have been up in arms, claiming it's her money and she can do what she wants with it.

Sorry my dear, but you have no-one to blame but the scumbag who ripped you off and your own dumb self for falling for it.

[Steph]

Ah 86 too? Man I feel really bad for her losing $10K ... but you know I think she's just in so much shock of it all she's trying her hardest to blame everyone but herself for falling for it ...

If I lost that, I would be all over the place, a general mess.

It's not the Bank's fault though. She should be wasting her time tracking down the [insert extremely bad language here] con man.

People like that need to be shot.