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The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in connection with a grandparent scam investigation.
Police say the SPS’s economic crime unit has been investigating reports of this scam, which targets older or vulnerable adults. The SPS released a photo of a person of interest to aid in the investigation.
In these scams, victims receive phone calls from someone claiming to be a family member in an emergency and requiring money for various purposes.
The fraudsters will often work in tandem and connect the victim to another person claiming to be a police officer, lawyer, doctor, or representative of another profession.
“Any legitimate authority would never make such requests,” police said.
According to a report shared by RCMP, Saskatchewan residents have lost millions to cryptocurrency scams since the beginning of 2024.
The report says …
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