The Grenville County OPP is looking into an attempted fraud incident
On Saturday, police received word from a Prescott resident saying they were contacted by someone claiming to be from their credit card company.Â
The caller told the person of a transaction made on their card for approximately $600, made through a union bank to China.
Then they told the person to call the number on the back of their card.
Police refer to this as Bank Investigator fraud, and to prove the call is legitimate, the caller will ask the person being victimized to end the call and immediately call the number on the back of their card.Â
From there, the scammers stay on the line and transfer the call to another criminal.
Victims are then told that the company is investigating unauthorized activity on their account and they are asked to help catch the criminal.
By giving remote access to their device, scammers will claim to put money into the victim’s account so they can send bait money.
Unfortunately, the funds going into the victim’s account are coming from their other bank accounts, and the money being sent is going directly to the fraudsters.
Grenville County OPP says thankfully, in this case the person questioned the legitimacy of the transaction and hung up.
Anyone with information on similar incidents are asked to contact Grenville OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
For more information on frauds and scams, head here.
