Fraudsters are impersonating Toronto police officers using caller ID spoofing to make it appear as if the calls are coming from a legitimate police phone number. They ask victims to provide personal information and claim to be investigating fraudulent activity.
Residents are being warned about a telephone scam in which a fraudster uses a real Toronto police phone number to convince people to hand over their personal information.·Toronto police say callers are using caller ID spoofing to impersonate Toronto police on the phone. Residents are being warned about a telephone scam in which a fraudster uses a real Toronto police phone number to convince people to hand over their personal information.
In a news release Friday, police said the fraudsters are using caller ID spoofing, making it appear that the call is coming from a legitimate business or government agency, such as the Toronto Police Service, but in fact, it is not, police said.
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