Police Warn About ‘Bank Investigator Scam’
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Police say more people in the Okanagan appear to be getting calls about what is called the ‘Bank Investigator Scam.’
Victims are called on their landline phone and informed of a non-existent suspicious charge, often times for an online purchase, processed on their personal credit card.
The victim is then asked to provide their credit card number in order to cancel the made-up transaction, and are transferred to a pretend investigator.
“More disturbingly, the fraudster will often prompt the card holder to immediately call the toll-free number on the back of their credit card. The scam artist will not hang up and will remain on the open telephone line, while the victim dials, then he/she represents themselves as the victim’s financial institution or re-directs them to yet another scam artist who extracts even more personal information,” says Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey
