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Bank’s mistakes helped scammer target local woman twice

staff report
March 7, 2020 9:05am

Squamish RCMP are investigating a case where a local woman who was the target of a scam two years ago was again defrauded of $5,000 recently.

Police believe bank’s mistakes played a role in this.

Police said fraudsters used the woman’s information from a previously committed fraud to open an account at a local jewellery store and spend $5,000.

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The woman realised she had been defrauded when got a call from a collection agency about the $5,000 bill.

Police investigation revealed that bank errors might have enabled the culprit to use previous fraudulently obtained information to open the account.

In January this year, Squamish RCMP arrested fraudsters after an alert citizen complained about them trying to access his bank account.

The complainant came to the police on January 12 and alerted the police about fraudsters trying to accessing his bank account.

Police conducted an investigation, identified the fraudsters and arrested them for fraud, identify fraud and theft of mail, according to Cpl. Sascha Banks of Squamish RCMP.

Last month, Squamish RCMP also issued a warning about phone scams and internet frauds being attempted in town.

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