Norfolk County senior defrauded over $10,000 to ‘Amazon scam’

The Ontario Provincial Police are reminding the public to be aware of various scams after a Norfolk County senior was defrauded over $10,000 to an “Amazon scam.”

Officers say they received a call from an elderly resident around 5 p.m. who stated they had been the victim of a scam on Saturday.

Investigators determined that the elderly person received a call from a person claiming to work for Amazon.

Police say the suspect advised that there was an issue with the victims account and needed remote access through their computer to solve the problem.

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After receiving remote access to the computer, the suspect removed over $10,000 from the elderly persons bank account.

Police are urging everyone that owns a computer to be very skeptical when receiving a phone call or pop-up message from an unknown person.

For more information on scams, please contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or http://www.antifraudcentre.ca.

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