Little Black Book of Scams outlines the sort of things to watch out for

Craig Bakay | Feb 26, 2020

If you’re a senior in Frontenac County, chances are you’ve gotten one of those phone calls. You know the ones — somebody’s going to make you rich or the “bank” needs some information or heaven forbid, if you don’t tell the caller what they want to know, you’re going to jail.

North Frontenac Coun. Fred Perry’s gotten them too, as well as questionable emails asking for his banking information and such.

Perry’s concerned, because although you don’t have to be a senior to get scammed, Frontenac County’s on track to be more than 50 per cent seniors before too long, and seniors are a huge target.

“I found it at the car dealership,” Perry said. “I thought it would be good information for seniors.”

So, he asked Clerk Tara Mieske to see if she could get some to have in the Township office.

“We couldn’t really get hard copies for here but we can print out a couple of PDFs to put out,” she said. “And everything that’s in the book is on the website.”

So, you can get all the information at www.competitionbureau.gc.ca or call 1-800-348-5358 to find out about local scams; financial and investment scams; banking and credit card scams; spam emails and text messages; identity theft and where to report them (Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, 1-888-495-8501).