North Vancouver RCMP release photos of alleged bail scammer – BC

North Vancouver RCMP has released photos of a suspect in a bail scam that cost an senior “a large sum of money.”

Mounties said the woman was targeted on Sept. 8, when the scammer contacted her claiming that one of her loved ones was in jail and needed to be bailed out.

Investigators say the scammer came to the woman’s residence a short time later and collected the cash to be used as “bail.”

Police in the region have issued numerous warnings about such bail scams in recent months, with Vancouver police issuing their latest warning earlier Monday after several seniors were recently targeted.

“The best offence is a good defence,” North Vancouver RCMP Const. Mansoor Sahak said in a media release Monday.

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