On Could 29, 2023, police acquired a report of a Fraud Try. The complainant advises they acquired two telephone calls from a quantity, which gave the impression to be the Brandon Police Service non-emergency line (204-729-2345). When the complainant answered, there was no response on the road. The complainant then acquired a telephone name from a quantity, which gave the impression to be their partner’s telephone quantity. Throughout this telephone name, an individual claiming to be a police officer instructed them that their partner was in police custody and required bail cash. The caller directed the complainant to withdraw $5000 after calling them a cab to take them to their financial institution. The grievance was directed to take the cab to a different location and deposit the cash right into a Bitcoin ATM. The complainant didn’t do that, and as a substitute introduced the cash to Brandon Police Service, the place they discovered the telephone calls had been part of an elaborate rip-off.
When you obtain telephone calls like this:
HANG UP and name the quantity to your native police.
BE AWARE, fraudsters have the power to spoof any telephone quantity.
Brandon Police Service doesn’t settle for any cash for individuals requiring bail.
You’ll by no means be requested to deposit cash into an ATM for somebody requiring bail.
Whereas that is just like the Grandparent Rip-off, victims of any age may be focused.
For extra data on Frauds, please go to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre:
https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm
