⚠️ CPS OFFICER IMPERSONATION SCAMS ⚠️

We continue to receive reports of scams involving individuals posing as representatives from banks and financial institutions, as well as scams involving individuals posing as CPS officers.

In 2 recent press releases, we warned Calgarians of scams where victims were being targeted for their debit & credit cards & an additional scam where victims were being contacted by individuals posing as CPS officers.

Over the last 2 months, scammers have evolved their tactics & are using elements from both scams to continue to defraud Calgarians.

Since January 2025, there have been more than 30 reports from Calgarians who have received calls from individuals posing as CPS officers. Some of these calls have resulted in a combined loss of more than $43,000.

In a recent report, a victim was contacted via telephone by a scammer posing as an employee working at the victim’s bank. The caller stated they were calling in regard to a fraudulent charge on the victim’s credit card & she would be required to lock her cards to prevent further victimization.

The victim was referred to a website where she was instructed to input personal information, including details about her financial cards. The victim was then informed she would be contacted by a CPS officer who would arrange for the compromised card to be picked up.

The victim is believed to have received an email from an account using a CPS officer’s name to arrange a courier to pickup the cards. The cards were subsequently picked up by an unknown individual posing as a courier.

A short time later, the victim realized she was missing thousands of dollars from her account & contacted police.

Following an investigation, the entire situation is believed to be a scam. The caller was not an employee of a bank, the victim’s cards were not initially compromised, the website the victim used to lock her cards was illegitimate & the email account from the CPS officer was fraudulent.

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