Store staff interrupt fraud attempt
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The Guelph Police Service is investigating after alert store staff halted a fraud attempt, saving the victim $1,000.
Tuesday afternoon the victim, in their 80s, contacted police. Earlier in the day they were contacted by someone claiming to be from their bank. The caller claimed there had been unauthorized activity on the victim’s accounts and instructed them to obtain a temporary password for their online banking.
The victim was also instructed to purchase two $500 Apple gift cards and to claim they were gifts if asked. When the victim attempted to purchases the cards staff recognized the scam and advised them to call police.
The victim said they had provided banking information to the caller. A check of the victim’s accounts revealed a fraudulent withdrawal of $500 had been made.