My 72 year old mother received a call from the number 1 416 777 7775 with a woman pretending to be me stating that I had won tickets to a concert with a friend in Montreal. She proceeded to claim that I had a few drinks, got in a car accident (saying I had stitches in my lip and my friend “Sally” was in a neckbrace) and now needed CDN$5000 to pay a lawyer who agreed to help get the car fixed and assist with the impaired driving charges.
A fake lawyer also came on the phone to claim that he was with my mother’s “daughter” and was going to help her.
My mother panicked and since she thought she was helping me she followed the man’s request of wiring $5000 via Western Union (plus $200 transaction fees).
When I didn’t call back, concern mounted and my parents called me to find out that I was not at all in Montreal and that my family had been scammed.
PLEASE report any incident to your local police as well as with the RCMP’s Anti Fraud Call Centre on http://www.phonebusters.com/english/index.html or by dialling toll free 1 888 495 8501 or overseas on +1 705 495 8501