The RCMP are asking Grande Prairians to be cautious this tax season as con artists…
Robbing the Xbox vault: a $10 million gift card scam
July 8, 2021 – The Xbox gift card came with a string of 25 letters and numbers. The digits, known as a 5×5 code, were sent in an email, but they were no different from the numbers and letters etched onto the gift cards hanging off tall racks near the...
Senior says she was tricked into spending $20K in gift-card phone scam
June 7, 2021 – A Vancouver senior wants to warn the public of a phone scam after she was tricked into buying $20,000 in gift cards. The 74-year-old says she received a phone call on May 25 from someone who sounded exactly like her 24-year-old grandson. The man...
Edmonton woman loses nearly $250K in three-month gift card scam
April 3, 2021 – City police are asking Edmontonians to talk to their loved ones about phone and online scams after a local woman was conned out of $245,000. In a Thursday news release, police said the scammer contacted a woman last December posing as a fraud...
P.E.I. RCMP warn of fraudsters pretending to be investigators
Feb. 24, 2021 – Police have recently caught fraudsters pretending to be investigators and requesting people buy gift cards. The Kings District RCMP sent out a media release on Jan. 29, saying the scammers, possibly originating in Ontario, ask people to buy gift...