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LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> Halifax District RCMP were called to a Lower Sackville business reporting that they had a customer who they believed was being victimized by a fraudster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On Monday evening November 2, police attended the business and spoke to the potential victim. She shared with police that she received a telephone call from a man who told her she had an issue with her computer and asked her to buy $2000 in gift cards from a specified retailer in order for him to fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police were able to convince the victim that she was being scammed and fortunately, she did not become a victim thanks to the awareness and quick actions of the business representatives. These scams can be very convincing as the offender can be very articulate and believable, this combined with a caller ID or spoofed email address it might appear they are associated to legitimate businesses or institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police are seeing similar scams in the province and many have one thing in common: They involve a request for payment in cryptocurrency or via gift-cards. \u201cThis is a strong indication that it\u2019s a scam, as the scammer is only looking to protect their identity from authorities\u201d says Cpl. Wayne Ross of the Nova Scotia RCMP Commercial Crime Section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Police urge all Nova Scotians to discuss these circumstances with your friends and family highlighting red flags one should be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recipients of these communications are asked to hang up or delete and not continue communication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n