(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a recent scam that took advantage of a Huron County teenager.
A 19-year-old Central Huron teen received a phone call on August 5th, 2025, from someone stating that they worked at the teen’s banking institution and needed to send someone to pick up her bank cards as they had been compromised. A male individual arrived by car at the victim’s house and took her cards. The victim later discovered that $5,000 had been stolen from the victim’s accounts.
Police are still investigating the fraud and are asking the public to come forward if they have any information that may assist the police.
“This is a good time to remind everyone to never provide your PIN (password) digits to anyone. Banks will never attend your home to pick up debit or credit cards”, says Provincial Constable Craig Soldan of the Huron OPP.
Call the OPP at 1-(888)-310-1122 and report these type of frauds.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre should also be contacted with any information you might have. Call 1-(888)-495-8501 or antifraudcentre.ca