Halton police are warning residents to be cautious following a recent rise in “persistent and increasing” grandparent emergency scams across the region.
Police said typically those scammed are older people who receive a phone call from someone claiming to be their grandchild and in need of money immediately due to some kind of trouble like a car accident or being put in jail.
Usually the suspect will ask for the money to be delivered in cash to a “bail bondsman” or an “employee of a law firm/court,” investigators said. Police also remind people to try to verify a caller’s identity and not volunteer any information, and further ask very specific probing questions about the caller.
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