Peterborough Police Warn Public of Surfacing Bank Investigator Scam

Officers with the Peterborough Police Service Fraud Unit are warning residents after reports of a bank investigator scam and attempted fraud, reported Thursday.

Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.

Police say the incident happened at the end of April. The scammer called the potential victim and claimed there was suspicious activity on their debit card. They offered to have a company called ‘Trans Union Investigative Service’ track where and how the card was compromised and to do this, someone would be by to pick up the cards.

The potential victim thought this was suspicious and said no. However, the scammer called back and said there was more suspicious activity, the victim declined the service of picking up the cards for investigation again. The scammer called back a third time about suspicious activity and offered the pickup service. 

The potential victim agreed this time; however, when the person attended to the resident, the potential victim said no, and the man left.  No money was lost.

The person sent to pick up the cards was driving a large black SUV and was described as a male wearing a blue dress shirt, grey dress pants with a belt and brown dress shoes. He was mostly bald with a full, dark beard and bushy eyebrows. He had a medium build.

Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.

Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough Police at 705-876-1122 x555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.

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