If it weren’t for a vigilant store clerk, an elderly Nanaimo man might have lost…
Scammers are Posing as Officials from The Canada Border Services Agency in Manitoba
RCMP in Steinbach, Manitoba say scammers are posing as officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and asking people for personal information. RCMP want to warn the public of this scam and would like to remind citizens to never disclose personal...
University Students in Waterloo are Victims in Extortion Scam – Bilked of $150K
Two university students in Waterloo were defrauded of more than $150,000 combined. The students were made to believe they were implicated in a crime in China. After heavily investigating this case, The Waterloo Regional Police Service issued a warning to the East...
Fraud charges approved against former Burnaby man who fled Canada
July 19, 2021 – Police say criminal charges have been filed against a former Burnaby resident who was allegedly involved in international telephone scams, including some in which the callers purported to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. Haoran Xue has been...
Retired officer engages with scammers to show you their scheme
July 13, 2021 – Scams and frauds are nothing new, but the internet has made it easier for criminals to reach out from anywhere in the world in an attempt to obtain your money or your personal data. And with social media becoming more widely used, the information...
Senior recovers money sent in telephone scam
An elderly Greenstone resident who fell for a common telephone scam is one of the lucky ones, provincial police said last month. Though the unidentified victim of the grandparents scam unwittingly mailed some funds to a scammer, the package was recovered and returned...