Watch out for seasonal scams hitting Red Deer: City Mounties
Red Deer RCMP say a few seasonal scams have recently reared their ugly heads in our city in the past week, along with a new, personalized email scam that uses victim’s names and the names of their employers to try to part good citizens with their hard-earned money.
City Mounties have a lot of tips to avoid being defrauded, but it boils down to one basic piece of advice that can be applied to any scam – never give money or personal information to someone who has approached you asking for it, until you have done your homework. If the person or business or charity approaching you is legitimate, they won’t mind when you insist on taking the time to think about it or to double-check their story.
New email scam