Recent media attention regarding investment scams in the US and Canada provides the RCMP with an opportunity to educate the public on signs indicative of illegitimate investments and illegal investment schemes.
The RCMP regularly receive inquiries for members of the public who advise that they have been received an e-mail or telephone call from someone who promises to consolidate their debt or restructure their finances.
The RCMP and partner agencies wish to remind the public that March is once again Fraud Awareness Month.
Police are advising the public to be cautious of suspicious callers enquiring about their credit card information or related credit status.
A vehicle owner who made a bogus auto theft claim. A caregiver who cared for no one. An impaired driver who claimed he had only one drink.
Carman area RCMP is reminding the public to be aware of fraudulent money order and money transfer scams.
The busiest retail season of the year is about to begin, and with an increase in financial transactions comes an increase in opportunities for fraud artists.
Jacqueline Krantz, a resident of Roblin, has been charged in connection with theft and fraud crimes allegedly committed between 2006 and 2007.
Manitoba Hydro has advised a small number of its customers that non-financial information related to their accounts may have been used by a former employee to obtain fraudulent credit cards.
Manitoba Hydro has received numerous calls over the last several days from concerned customers regarding phone solicitations from a company purporting to offer a device that could save them up to 40 percent on their electricity bills.
