(HURON COUNTY, ON) – A senior from Clinton is out $700 after she was duped yesterday by a smooth talking scammer posing as a bank investigator.
The victim in this matter reported she received a call yesterday morning from a scammer that identified himself as a bank investigator at one of Canada’s big five banks. He advised the victim that her debit card and credit cards had been compromised. The scammer led the victim to also believe a teller from her bank and a local convenience store employee were in on the scam and that they were being investigated by the RCMP.
Her services were then requested to help the bank with their investigation by participating in a sting” operation. She was given detailed instructions and was told she needed to purchase $700 worth of Google Play gift cards. The victim proceeded to purchase the gift cards and upon doing so she provided the authorization codes to the scammer. Afterwards the victim had a feeling something was amiss and may have been scammed.
At this point the victim contacted Huron OPP and reported the matter. Upon speaking with the victim police learned the scammer also asked the victim numerous questions in an attempt to get personal information from her. Questions such as her pets name
