If you’re in Ontario, you should be on the look out for scammers using an Ontario RCMP number to intimidate and threaten victims in order to scam them. The warning came out on Friday, and the scam uses the phone number 519-948-5287 to run the scam. Thus if you see this number, it’s likely a scam.
The RCMP also provided these facts in order to help you to avoid being scammed by people claiming to be the police:
Be aware that the police:
- Will never ask you to make payments using bitcoin or gift cards,
- Will not show up to your residence to collect money for a child in jail
- Will not ask for your personal information such as your Social Insurance Number (SIN), your date of birth (DOB) or phone number
On top of that, the RCMP doesn’t provide policing services in Ontario. Finally, they offer this good advice:
If you suspect that you are being scammed, hang up, wait ten minutes and call your local police service.
Waiting ten minutes before calling police is a good idea as scammers can sometimes hijack phones and continue the scam by pretending to be the police. A better piece of advice is to call the police from another phone.
If you’re in the rest of Canada, be prepared for this scam to go another province now that this is out there.
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RCMP Warns Of A #Scam Call Using Their Phone Number
If you’re in Ontario, you should be on the look out for scammers using an Ontario RCMP number to intimidate and threaten victims in order to scam them. The warning came out on Friday, and the scam uses the phone number 519-948-5287 to run the scam. Thus if you see this number, it’s likely a scam.
The RCMP also provided these facts in order to help you to avoid being scammed by people claiming to be the police:
Be aware that the police:
On top of that, the RCMP doesn’t provide policing services in Ontario. Finally, they offer this good advice:
If you suspect that you are being scammed, hang up, wait ten minutes and call your local police service.
Waiting ten minutes before calling police is a good idea as scammers can sometimes hijack phones and continue the scam by pretending to be the police. A better piece of advice is to call the police from another phone.
If you’re in the rest of Canada, be prepared for this scam to go another province now that this is out there.
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