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The Sûreté du Québec announced Wednesday it had made five arrests in connection with a fraud that targets elderly victims.
In the “false bank rep scam,” a fraudster call an older victim and claims to be a representative of the person’s bank or other financial institution. The victim is then told a potential fraud was detected on their account and they needs to turn over their bank cards as well as their personal information numbers (PIN) for the fraud to be stopped.
The fraudster then sends an accomplice to the person’s home to collect the cards. The bank cards are used to empty the victim’s bank account or the credit cards used to make purchases.
Wednesday’s arrests took place in the borough of LaSalle and the city of Laval and cap an investigation that began in 2021.
The SQ is reminding the public to never divulge personal information over the telephone and, if they have concerns over a call apparently coming from their bank, to hang up and call their financial institution itself to verify whether the call is genuine.
Anyone with any information on this or any other fraud is urged to call the SQ’s criminal information line at 1-800-659-4264.
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