Regina police investigated 5 separate 'emergency scams' in past 3 days

How a woman lost $600K to the grandparents scam A woman with dementia lost over $600,000 to scammers after they called her every day with a new grandparent scam.

Five cases of “emergency scams” circulating the Queen City have been investigated over the past 72 hours, Regina police say.

In some cases, fraudsters posed as police officers and were given addresses by victims to pick up bond money, Regina police said in a post on X.

“No one will ever come to your house to pick up bond money and police officers do not do this,” the post said.

Police also mentioned the grandparent scam in their X post.

A grandparent receives a frantic phone call from a scammer posing as a grandchild who claims to have gotten into trouble and is in need of help.

The “grandchild” then tells the potential victim to not tell his or her parents before asking for thousands of dollars to post bail, repair a vehicle or pay hospital bills for someone hurt in an accident.

In the last 72 hours, RPS has investigated 5 cases of emergency scams. In some cases, fraudsters posed as police officers & the victims provided their addresses to pick up bond money.

No one will ever come to your house to pick up bond money and police officers do not do this. pic.twitter.com/gHxyMBEZgD

— Regina Police (@reginapolice) March 20, 2024