A fraudster posing as a police officer defrauded a West Shore resident of an undisclosed amount of money, say West Shore RCMP.
The victim said they first received a call from someone purporting to be from Amazon who claimed to be calling about several fraudulent purchases.
A few minutes later, the victim received another call from a fraudster posing as an RCMP officer. The fraudster told the victim their accounts had been compromised and to transfer money into a specific Bitcoin account.
“Under no circumstances would police ever direct you to transfer or deposit money into Bitcoin or other accounts,” said Cpl. Nancy Saggar of the West Shore RCMP.
She said people can protect themselves from fraud by hanging up the phone and not giving out any personal information.
Fraudsters have the ability to manipulate call display, making it seem as though a legitimate business or police are calling.
