Police are warning the community about suspected gift card scams in Cobourg – Police received two calls about suspected gift card scams with Google Play cards recently.
One reported scam involved a scammer logging-in to someone’s account and sending requests for gift card pins, saying the person was in trouble and needed help. One person who reported receiving a fraudulent email, purchase a large amount of gift cards and before sending the numbers, discovered that it was a scan.
The second incident reportedly involved a loss of funds, when they were called by a scammer who said there was a credit card issue. They were asked to purchase $300 in Google Play gift cards and to send the pins to fix the problem.
