{"id":186643,"date":"2025-02-20T13:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=186643"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:00:11","slug":"active-grandparent-scam-costs-locals-11000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/active-grandparent-scam-costs-locals-11000\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Grandparent scam costs locals $11,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From the Huntsville OPP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police wants to alert Huntsville residents that there are people in the community conducting grandparent scams. Police are asking for the public&#8217;s assistance in identifying suspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the two reported cases yesterday, an elderly female was defrauded of $5000 cash by a suspect posing as a bailiff who needed the money to release her grandson from jail. The second report was from an elderly female who gave $6000 to a caller posing as her grandson and called a taxi to pick her up to attend the bank to withdraw cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Photo of a suspect is attached to this release. The suspect appears to be a female with dark hair wearing dark clothing who poses as a Bailiff or law enforcement agency member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive a suspicious call, remember:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be suspicious of calls that require immediate action. Hang up and contact the family member directly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The caller either doesn&#8217;t provide a normal jail location for the area if asked or mistakes the local police service. Call the non-emergency number of the police service to verify the story or confirm the name and badge number of the officer calling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When at the bank, tell the truth about why you&#8217;re taking out large sums of cash as bank tellers are very familiar with scams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The courts won&#8217;t ask for cash to bail out someone in custody and will require people to be present in court.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never send cash, cryptocurrencies, or any other funds to unknown persons, unverified addresses, or bank accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take time to verify the story by asking the caller a few personal questions or pressing your caller for details. Scammers are counting on you wanting to quickly help your loved one in an emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Huntsville\u00a0OPP\u00a0is committed to serving our province.\u00a0If you have any information about crime in our community, please contact the\u00a0OPP\u00a0at 1-888-310-1122. To report minor occurrences online, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.opp.ca\/reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.opp.ca\/reporting<\/a>.\u00a0You can also call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit your information online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.com<\/a>.\u00a0Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display, and you will remain anonymous.\u00a0You will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.00.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Huntsville OPP The Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police wants to alert Huntsville residents that there are people in the community conducting grandparent scams. 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