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Provincial police are warning the public to be vigilant after a Huron County resident was defrauded out of $6,500 in the grandparent scam.
An 82-year-old Huon East resident received a phone call on Dec. 13 from an unknown number. The caller claimed to be the senior’s grandson and said they were in a crash and needed money, Huron County OPP said Tuesday.
The caller told the senior to get $6,500 cash and arranged for it to be picked up the next day, when a man arrived to the home and collected the money, police said. The suspect is described as a black man, between 20 to 35, who was driving a dark-coloured car.
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The senior later contacted family members and discovered they had been scammed, police said.
Experts say awareness is key to combatting frauds such as the grandparent scam, also known as the emergency scam.
“Never feel pressured to send or give money for any situation like this,” OPP Const. Craig Soldan said in a statement. “Talk to your family members, friends and neighbours about this type of fraud to protect one another.”
Anyone who suspects they have been the the victim of a scam or attempted fraud should call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
Officer assaulted after man refuses to leave business
A London man was charged with assaulting a police officer after refusing to leave a downtown business.
Members of the foot patrol unit responded to a report of a man refusing to leave a business on Dundas Street west of Talbot Street at about 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 24, police said Tuesday.
Officers found the suspect inside the business, where he assaulted an officer after he was asked to leave, police said.
A 28-year-old London man is charged with assaulting a police officer.
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Man charged with impaired driving after school bus blocks traffic
A Central Huron man is charged with impaired driving after a school bus blocked traffic northwest of Seaforth, provincial police say.
Police responded at about 10:45 a.m. on Dec. 23 to a traffic complaint on Kinburn Line in Central Huron, where a school bus was blocking a lane of traffic, Huron OPP said Tuesday.
A driver had driven three different vehicles, including the bus, and got them all stuck, police said.
Officers determined the driver was impaired and transported them to the police station for further testing. A 52-year-old Central Huron man is charged with impaired driving. He is scheduled to appear in a Goderich count on Jan. 20.
The three vehicles were impounded and the accused’s driver’s licence was automatically suspended for 90 days, police said.
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