Durham Police are looking to identify a male involved in numerous telephone banking frauds in Bowmanville.
On Tuesday, September 24, an elderly female received a phone call from a male claiming to work for the bank. The male stated that there were fraudulent transactions on the victim’s debit and credit cards, and that her accounts had been compromised, said a police report.
The male gathered personal information from the victim and told her she needed to provide her pin number to receive new cards. The male told the victim that a courier would attend her address shortly to pick up the compromised cards and the new cards would be sent to her the next day.
While the victim was still on the phone with the male, another male arrived at the victim’s residence and retrieved the debit and credit cards from her. The victim was told to remain on the phone for technical difficulties before the line disconnected.
Immediately after the suspect retrieved the victim’s debit and credit cards, numerous fraudulent transactions were completed. The same suspect who retrieved the debit/credit cards was seen on camera in Bowmanville, Courtice, and Oshawa completing these transactions, police said.
The suspect is described as: male, Brown, 35-50 years-old, approximately 6’ tall, with a heavy build, bald head, and full black beard. He was seen wearing a florescent construction vest, black jacket, dark t-shirt as well as a long-sleeved teal sweater, blue jeans, and black running shoes.
A photo of the suspect can be viewed at www.drps.ca.
Anyone with cellphone, dashcam, surveillance footage, or information about this incident is asked to contact D/Cst. Kane of the Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5371.
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