Con Artist

• OPP issue notice after Lucan Biddulph man conned buying concert tickets on social media

  Ontario Provincial Police say people purchasing items from someone online should conduct the meeting at a common area and should not pay for the items before seeing them.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2022
  
• Norfolk resident conned out of $800K in investment scam, OPP say

  A senior citizen in Norfolk, Ont., told police they received a call in August from a man who claimed to be a wealth management rep at a financial institution and agreed to invest.

  Crime

  Nov 21, 2022
  
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• Vancouver police renew warning after more seniors hit with bail scam

  Police say the scammers pretend to be a police officer and convince the victims are in jail and in desperate need of bail money to be released.

  Crime

  Sep 26, 2022
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• ‘It’s all I had’: Kelowna, B.C. senior shares details of elaborate scam

  A Kelowna senior is detailing how she was swindled out of thousands of dollars in just a few weeks when she tried to invest in cryptocurrency.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2021
• Meet the B.C. man who helped track down a prolific scammer called ‘the Highwayman’

  Joe Chatlain became obsessed with tracking the fraudster down all thanks to a fax machine.

  Oct 14, 2019
• Packages full of money intercepted by RCMP thwarts scammers in B.C.

  Fraudsters convinced a Kelowna woman to disclose her banking information to cooperate with a fake police investigation.

  Crime

  Jun 22, 2019
• Nova Scotia senior says he was conned out of thousands by paving company

  A senior citizen hopes his story is a reminder for buyers to be aware of who they hire for contracting jobs like driveway paving.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2016