The Vancouver Police has issued a public warning after local seniors were defrauded of millions of dollars in a phone scam. In the scam, a fraudster would call a senior on a landline and pretend to be a jewelry store employee or a police officer. They don't ask for any personal information, but urged the senior to hang up and call their bank or 911 immediately. When the senior picked up the phone again to call 911 or their bank as directed, the fraudster was still on the line. If you get through to them, he said, you can be sure your phone has properly disconnected.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2019 21:22 UTC