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The Ottawa Police Service has issued a warning for residents to be aware of the resurgence of a scam involving online offers of employment.
Police said the fraud begins with the offer of employment from a questionable source on the Internet. Sometimes the employment offer is received unsolicited through text messages to a cellphone or personal email addresses. In other cases, people posting their résumés online are being offered random jobs by unfamiliar organizations or businesses.
Those who respond to the offers are told that they have received the position and are sent payment from their “employer” by cheque, e-transfer or other means. They are instructed to deposit the payment into their bank account.
However, the payment is more than agreed upon and the new “employee” is asked to return the excess somewhere else. The transfer is usually requested in the form of pre-paid gift cards or a direct deposit into a specified bank account.
After the excess sent, the victim is notified by their bank that the initial cheque failed to clear and as a result, they victim is left without their money.
The jobs advertised as part of the scam has included “secret shoppers” to test the services of a bank, store, or money transfer service. On other occasions, the victim believes that they are helping the suspect to set up a new business in the city.
Police remind the public not to send money to anybody that they don’t know and trust.
Anyone who has been a victim of this scam is asked to call 613-236-1222 ext. 7300. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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Police said the fraud begins with the offer of employment from a questionable source on the Internet. Sometimes the employment offer is received unsolicited through text messages to a cellphone or personal email addresses. In other cases, people posting their résumés online are being offered random jobs by unfamiliar organizations or businesses.
Those who respond to the offers are told that they have received the position and are sent payment from their “employer” by cheque, e-transfer or other means. They are instructed to deposit the payment into their bank account.
However, the payment is more than agreed upon and the new “employee” is asked to return the excess somewhere else. The transfer is usually requested in the form of pre-paid gift cards or a direct deposit into a specified bank account.
After the excess sent, the victim is notified by their bank that the initial cheque failed to clear and as a result, they victim is left without their money.
The jobs advertised as part of the scam has included “secret shoppers” to test the services of a bank, store, or money transfer service. On other occasions, the victim believes that they are helping the suspect to set up a new business in the city.
Police remind the public not to send money to anybody that they don’t know and trust.
Anyone who has been a victim of this scam is asked to call 613-236-1222 ext. 7300. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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