RCMP says several people have been scammed by someone impersonating an officer.
OTTAWA – Canadians are being warned about two new telephone scams that involve people impersonating the RCMP and someone from the National Do Not Call List.
Mounties say several people have been phoned by someone who says they are from the RCMP’s Integrated Technical Crime Unit.
The scam starts with the caller saying the RCMP has found the resident they’re phoning was sending malicious content through their computer, or that their computer was accessed by international criminals.
The caller then asks for money to either fix the problem or for protection from future incidents.
The CRTC, meantime, says there have been calls from someone claiming to be with the National Do Not Call List saying people must re-register by handing over their personal information to the caller.
Both the RCMP and the CRTC are telling Canadians not to fall for the scams or to provide financial or personal information to anyone over the phone.
