{"id":8177,"date":"2024-08-02T16:46:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T19:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2024-08-02T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T19:46:33","slug":"police-warn-of-the-grandparent-scam-or-emergency-scam-occurring-across-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/police-warn-of-the-grandparent-scam-or-emergency-scam-occurring-across-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Warn of the &#8220;grandparent scam&#8221; or &#8220;emergency scam.&#8221; Occurring Across Province."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nova Scotia RCMP is warning the public about a scam that is occurring in communities across Nova Scotia, where victims are being asked to provide money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past week, RCMP officers in the Halifax Regional Municipality and in Pictou County have responded to four complaints of scams sometimes referred to as the &#8220;grandparent scam&#8221; or &#8220;emergency scam.&#8221; Victims are contacted in what appears to be an emergency situation and asked to provide money to alleviate a bad circumstance of a loved one, such as being in jail or in a car accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcement, court officials and bailiffs across Canada do not solicit the release of someone for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scammers create a sense of urgency; learn how to protect yourself against these frauds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slow things down, hang up and reach out to the relative with a number you know and trust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Report the incident to police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never provide personal or banking information to the caller.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refuse to send money through e-transfers, gift cards, credit card, crypto currency, such as Bitcoin, or anything else of value in an &#8216;urgent situations.&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be careful; scammers can spoof telephone numbers and make it appear as though they&#8217;re calling from a trusted source.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact the authority represented through a legitimate contact source, not the one provided by the contactor (e.g., the phone number listed on an official website or in a phonebook).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never agree to meet with someone who called you asking for money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who thinks they could be a victim, knows someone who could be a victim, or has information about these scams, is encouraged to contact&nbsp;police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at&nbsp;1-888-495-8501&nbsp;or online at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca\/index-eng.htm\">https:\/\/www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca\/index-eng.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : RCMP Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nova Scotia RCMP is warning the public about a scam that is occurring in communities across Nova Scotia, where<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8178,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177\/revisions\/8178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}