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Crime

Fraud Alert Grandparent Scam

Story Harvested From Saint John Police Dept

 
 

The Saint John Police are warning the public that fraudsters are targeting our area using the Grandparent Scam.

It is reported that:

Recently, there have been an increasing number of complaints to police about the Grandparent Scam.

Generally speaking, the fraudster calls seniors posing as police officers, lawyers and clergy stating that their grandchildren were either in an accident or in jail requiring cash to help them.

Tips to protect yourself:
-Take time to verify the story. Scammers count on you wanting to quickly help your loved ones in an emergency.
-Ask the person on the phone questions that only your loved one would be able to answer and verify their identity before taking steps to help.
-Never send money to anyone you don’t know and trust.
-Never give out any personal information to the caller.

The Saint John Police would like friends or family members to reach out to seniors that they know and notify them of this scam.

If you receive a call of this nature, please hang up and contact the family member directly with the number that you have for them. If the caller claims to be a police officer, hang up and call the local police to confirm the legitimacy of the call.

For more information on how to protect yourself, visit Protect yourself from scams and fraud (antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca)

Together a safe, secure, healthy community

For more news, visit Saint John Police Force | City of Saint John, New Brunswick

History

On this day August 13

Today in History

  • 1997 South Park Makes its Debut on Comedy Central

    The popular American animated series is created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and it follows the lives and adventures of 4 boys – Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, Kyle Broflovski, and Stan Marsh – in a fictional town called South Park, Colorado. While being popular, the show has attracted widespread criticism for profane language and for addressing controversial subjects.

  • 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall starts

    The construction on the Berlin Wall, a wall that divided West Berlin from East Berlin started. It was built by the German Democratic Republic or East Germany.

  • 1960 First Two-Way Telephonic Conversation With a Satellite

    The conversation was made possible due to NASA’s Echo 1, a balloon satellite. It was launched into space on August 12. The satellite worked as reflector – signals sent to it were reflected back to the Earth.

  • 1960 Central African Republic Gains its Independence From France.

    The landlocked African Country came under French rule in the late 19th century. On this day, Barthélemy Boganda, a nationalist politician declared the creation of an independent Central African Republic and became the first Prime Minister of the country.

  • 1918 First Woman enlists in the United States Marines

    After joining the Marine corps, Opha May Johnson, was assigned desk duty at the Marine Corps headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

Holidays

On this day August 11

August 11

Today in History

  • 1999 Last Total Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

    The eclipse was visible from Europe, most of Asia and Africa and in parts of North America. Because of its path through heavily populated parts of the world, the solar eclipse is thought to be one of the most viewed eclipses in recorded history.

  • 1992 Mall of America Opens its Doors to Shoppers

    Located in in Bloomington, Minnesota, the mall is the largest shopping Mall in the United States. Spanning 4,870,000 sq ft, it has an indoor theme park and attracts about 40 million visitors each year.

  • 1962 The Soviet Space Agency Launches Vostok 3

    The spacecraft was piloted by Andriyan Nikolayev, the first cosmonaut to have orbited the Earth 64 times in 4 days.

  • 1960 Chad gains its independence from the French

    The Central African country came under French rule in 1900 after the Battle of Kousséri. Francois Tombalbay became independent Chad’s first president.

  • 1948 The first Olympic Games after the 1936 Berlin Olympics open in London

    The next two games after Berlin, scheduled to be held in Tokyo and Helsinki were cancelled due to the Second World War. The first Olympics to be broadcast on television, the London Olympics was popularly known at the time as the Austerity Games. This was because of the cutbacks the host nation had to do due to the post-war economy.