Phone Scam – Bruce Telecom

(KINCARDINE, ON.) – The South Bruce OPP have received 2 reports of telephone scams where the person calling starts with “you’ve won a prize”. In both cases, the scam was recognized and no financial information was compromised. Constable Kevin Martin, Media Relations Officer, South Bruce OPP, is pleased that the scam failed. “It’s difficult for police to track down and hold fraudulent telemarketers accountable after the fact, so it’s great that the scam was recognized and ignored”.

One of the calls offered a home security system provided by Bruce Telecom. Bruce Telecom spokesperson Mike Andrews would like the public to be aware that “Bruce Telecom doesn’t sell home security systems and its not normal practice for us to use telemarketing”. Anyone with concerns about the legitimacy of contact from Bruce Telecom is welcome to call the company at 519-368-2000.

The South Bruce OPP is offering the following tips to help identify scams:

o If it sounds too good to be true, it likely is
o You must pay or you can’t play
o You must provide personal banking information to receive free gift
o The caller is more excited than you are
o If you didn’t enter a contest, how did you win?
o It’s a limited opportunity, you must act now

More information on the latest scams is available at www.phonebusters.ca.

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