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A bank teller has been praised for saving a customer from losing millions in a gruel romance scam.
The woman approached Marlena Karbowski at the Westpac branch in Liverpool, Western Sydney, and asked to scrap her home insurance as she was planning to sell up.
Ms Karbowski asked why she was selling her home after noticing the customer was nervous.
The woman initially said she was 'helping out her son', but capitulated and admitted it was to get her boyfriend freed from an overseas jail.
The teller immediately realised something was afoot and asked the woman into her office to investigate further.
Westpac bank teller Marlena Karbowski (pictured) saved a customer from a cruel scam
Ms Karbowski asked the woman when her boyfriend had last taken her out for a coffee, to which she replied 'Actually, never, we met online'.
She asked the woman for a photo of her supposed boyfriend and ran a
