Victims are left owing money for new cellphones they’re convinced to purchase and then tricked into sending to the scammers, police said.
Scammers posing as cellphone providers who lure victims into sending them their phones is the focus of a police probe stretching back to the pandemic.
Officers received complaints from victims claiming financial losses from the hoax between Oct. 20, 2021 and this past July 16, Toronto police said in a news release.
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An 88-year-old Delhi man's stolen phone and Rs 70,000 in unauthorised transactions led Delhi Police to a pan-India cyberfraud…
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