A couple of grandparents in Oxford County have been duped out of $37,000 after falling victim to a scam.
OXFORD COUNTY - A couple of grandparents in Oxford County have been duped out of $37,000 after falling victim to a scam.
Police say the elderly couple received several calls from someone who pretended to be a relative that was in trouble. Between March 20th and April 1st of this year, the grandparents sent $37,000 by courier in order to get the relative out of jail. The money was sent and the elderly couple never heard from the relative again.
The OPP is warning all Oxford County residents that if they receive a call indicating that a relative is in trouble whether their vehicle has broken down or they are in jail in a far away town, please hang up the phone. This is a scam. Take the time to call someone who knows where the 'relative in trouble' might be and double check.
Don't become a statistic. Fraud is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that will only stop when the scammers stop getting money, banking information or personal information. The best thing to do is to simply hang up the phone.

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