琉璃神社 RCMP are warning seniors to be wary if they receive a call about their grandchild being in custody.
Police received 12 calls on May 4 complaining about what they call a 鈥榞randparent scam鈥�, where seniors are told they will have to pay a large sum of money for their grandchild to be released from jail.
鈥淭hese types of calls far to often target seniors in our community,鈥� said Cst. Mike Della-Paolera. 鈥淲e encourage anyone who may have been a victim of a call of this nature to contact the police.鈥�
RCMP say that the caller will sometimes even attempt to go to the victim鈥檚 home to collect the money, or try to agree at a mutual location.
The non-emergency line can be reached at 250-762-3300.
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Jake.courtepatte@kelownacapnews.com
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