Romance scam takes South Dundas resident for $45,000 February 18, 2021 // 0 Comments SOUTH DUNDAS – Provincial police say a South Dundas resident is out nearly $45,000 after being the victim of a romance [...]
Brockville resident out thousands to phone scam February 15, 2021 // 0 Comments BROCKVILLE – City police say a local resident is out “several thousands of dollars” after being duped by a phone scam [...]
Phone scam headed off by O.P.P. February 10, 2021 // 0 Comments KEMPTVILLE – A Grenville County O.P.P. officer was able to head off a woman in the process of buying gift cards thinking [...]
Scammer posing as Gananoque police June 24, 2020 // 0 Comments GANANOQUE – The real Gananoque Police Service says there’s a scam artist out there, phoning people up, posing as [...]
Scam problems on the rise, Brockville police say April 30, 2018 // 0 Comments BROCKVILLE – From the online dating romance scam to the person pretending to be the Canada Revenue Agency, Brockville [...]
Love bites…to the tune of $60,000 April 17, 2018 // 0 Comments BROCKVILLE – A romance scam has taken a Brockville-area resident for nearly $60,000. Leeds County O.P.P. say the victim [...]
Online rental scam reappearing in Brockville May 30, 2017 // 0 Comments BROCKVILLE – City police are warning about the return of an online rental scam. The Brockville Police Service has recently [...]
Two Grenville victims of back tax scam November 14, 2016 // 0 Comments KEMPTVILLE – Two victims have already fallen for a scam involving people posing as the Canada Revenue Agency, provincial [...]
Kijiji scams abound in Brockville area October 17, 2016 // 0 Comments BROCKVILLE – A detective with the Brockville Police Service says rental frauds through online classified service Kijiji [...]
House rental fraud on the rise: Brockville police September 8, 2016 // 0 Comments BROCKVILLE – City police say they are seeing more instances of people being taken in relation to online house rentals. [...]