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Greater Sudbury Police Arrest Two Individuals in Connection with Grandparent Scam
[465 words] 8/20/2025 8:29am
The Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) has arrested two individuals in connection to a grandparent scam, following two separate incidents reported on August 19th, 2025. At approximately 5:10 p.m. on August 19th, 2025, GSPS received a report from a community member who had been contacted by an individual claiming to be her grandson. The “grandson” stated he was in jail and requested a substantia
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Officers arrest two individuals in relation to grandparent scam
[392 words] 3/17/2025 8:58am
On March 13, 2025, officers were dispatched to a residence in Coniston in relation to a Fraud. Information provided was that on March 10, 2025, a community member received a phone call from an individual claiming to be her grandson, stating that he had been in a collision and required a large amount of money to make bail. The community member agreed to an amount and an individual attended her resi
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Door-to-door grandparent scam
[315 words] 9/26/2024 9:04am
Over the past two days, September 24 and 25, 2024, the Greater Sudbury Police Service has received three calls regarding the “Grandparent scam”. In all three instances, community members were contacted by fraudsters claiming to be the lawyer of a family member who was involved in a collision. The fraudster claims to need the money for lawyer fees to represent the family member in court. The frauds
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Bank investigator scam
[505 words] 8/26/2024 4:39am
Fraudsters are impersonating financial institutions and are claiming that the victim’s bank account has been compromised. Fraudsters will convince victims that in order to protect their account until a new debit card is issued, the victim must send an Interac e-transfer transaction to their own cellphone number. The suspect will instruct the victim on the steps required to add themselves as a pa
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Man Arrested and Charged with Fraud Over $5,000 after Fraudulent Purchase at Local Dealership
[252 words] 6/20/2024 9:10am
The Greater Sudbury Police Service would like to remind business owners to be vigilant with regards to phone purchases using credit cards. On June 17th, 2024, the Greater Sudbury Police Service was contacted by a local car dealership in relation to a fraudulent transaction made by a customer totalling over $17,000. The suspect also made a second attempt at a fraudulent purchase totalling over $19,
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20 year old Woman Arrested and Charged in Relation to Grandparent Scam
[372 words] 7/28/2022 5:51am
On Monday, July 25, 2022, we received a call from an elderly community member who believed she was a victim of a Grandparent scam. Information provided was that she was contacted by an individual pretending to be her granddaughter from the phone number 236-335-0168. The individual said that she had been involved in a collision and that Police had located $10,000 worth of Cannabis in her vehicle. A
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Elderly Community Member Narrowly Misses Becoming Victim to Grandparent Scam
[720 words] 6/2/2022 5:48am
On March 31st, 2022, an elderly community member had mailed a package with a large sum of money, believing it would be received by a family member in need. Little did the man know at the time, he was being emotionally manipulated by scammers, who were attempting to execute a grandparent scamon him. Fortunately, at the last minute, he realized he was being scammed. In the middle of the night, the m
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Scam Alert: Fake iPhone 12 Max Pro
[447 words] 3/25/2021 6:26am
Please be advised that over the past week, we have received two complaints regarding fake iPhone 12 Max Pro’s being sold on both Kijiji and Facebook Marketplace. The phones are being advertised as iPhone 12 Pro Max and are being sold for $1,300. They come in “original” iPhone packaging and the serial and IMEI numbers show as authentic when they are run through the Apple website. The investigation
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Greater Sudbury Man Charged with Multiple Counts of Fraud in Relation to Landscaping Services
[268 words] 1/7/2021 10:46am
On December 15, 2020, Officers arrested and charged 37 year old Christopher Goodman for Fraud Under $5,000 x6 in relation to multiple incidents that occurred over the Summer in Greater Sudbury. Between May and September, the man accepted deposits from various community members for landscaping services on behalf of a local company. The deposits were accepted with the promise of the landscaping serv
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Owner of EcoLife Home Improvements Incorporated Charged with 22 Counts of Fraud
[244 words] 11/5/2019 10:22am
Between September 2018 and September 2019 the Greater Sudbury Police Service received a number of complaints in relation to EcoLife Home Improvements Incorporated. Multiple community members alleged that after providing monetary deposits for home renovation projects, the contracted work was never completed. The numerous allegations were directed to the Greater Sudbury Police Service Criminal Inve
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70 Arrested in India at CRA Phone Scam Call Centr
[533 words] 10/25/2016 7:30am
The Greater Sudbury Police Service would like to advise the public of 70 arrests recently made in India at a call centre that employed 700 people hired to conduct a phone scam internationally where callers also contacted victim’s in Canada and alleged they were a representative of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The callers from the fraudulent call centre would convince the victim that they owed