As part of its Fraud Awareness Month campaign, Regina police have provided a fraud prevention checklist.
• Are they asking you to confirm personal information such as your name, address, or account details?• Is the caller avoiding using the actual name or the company or financial institution?• Are they claiming to be the police or investigating something?• Is the formatting strange or are there spelling mistakes?If any of these questions apply, police advise against providing your information and instead seek advice.
• Caller tells you that you can help catch the “international criminals” and instructs you to go to specific retail locations and purchase prepaid cards; • Caller then asks you to provide the prepaid card information over the phone, which gives the caller immediate access to the card and your money;Advertisement 3• Caller may leave a call back number or transfer you to the “security department” of your financial institution. There is no “security department;” it’s just part of a very convincing lie.
If you receive one of these calls, hang up immediately; remember that no financial institution will ask you to make a payment with gift cards or cryptocurrency. “Remember, scam artists want you to hurry; slow things down, take time to think critically, and ask a trusted person for help,” police add.
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