Posts Tagged ‘phone scam’

OPP Issue Warning For Ongoing Fraud Attempts

OPP Issue Warning For Ongoing Fraud Attempts

WAWA, ON – On July 2, 2015 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised by several local citizens that they had received letters that they believed were money scams.  The letters were from different sources and varied in their attempts to defraud someone of [Read more]

OPP Not Soliciting Funds For Community Bear Program

OPP Not Soliciting Funds For Community Bear Program

ORILLIA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is very proud to have a number of key partnerships in place throughout the Province of Ontario that benefit the communities policed by the OPP. Recently, the Norfolk County OPP Detachment received a number of inquiries from residents asking about [Read more]

Fraud Scheme Preying on Ontario Seniors and Vulnerable People

Fraud Scheme Preying on Ontario Seniors and Vulnerable People

PHONEY BANK INSPECTORS CREATING REAL VICTIMS ORILLIA, ON –The Ontario Provincial Police is receiving many reports of financial scams targeting seniors and other vulnerable people across the province. In this scam, individuals claiming to be investigators from one of Canada’s chartered banks [Read more]

OPP WARN RESIDENTS AGAINST PHONE SCAM

OPP WARN RESIDENTS AGAINST PHONE SCAM

WAWA, ON – December 6, 2011 a local Wawa resident reported receiving a fraudulent phone call the day before.  The caller identified himself as the elderly complainant’s grandson and provided the proper name.  The male suspect told him that he was in jail in Quebec and needed $1700.00 [Read more]

Nipigon Police Warn Scam Ongoing

Nipigon Police Warn Scam Ongoing

FROM/DE:  Nipigon Detachment                       DATE:  September 3, 2010 GRANDPARENT SCAM ONGOING (NIPIGON, ON.) –Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have received numerous calls from United States residents asking for information about a relative being held in [Read more]

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