Durham police warns public regarding fraudulent scam targeting potential students

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Durham Police are warning the public, especially potential students, following reported incidents of a recent fraud scam targeting youths for their financial and personal identification information. 

During the month of June, reported incidents of a fraudulent phone scam involving students as potential victims surfaced throughout the Region. The scam involves residences receiving a phone call from a private incoming phone number in which a male caller advises he is calling from the National Student Loan Centre. The male suspect indicates he is following-up on a loan application from a student within the residence. 

In some circumstances, the suspect then speaks with a student youth and requests the victim fax a copy of their passport and social insurance number (SIN) to the loan centre in order to facilitate processing a government issued student loan. Occasionally, the suspect offers to accept other forms of official identification if wary victims will not divulge their passport or SIN information. A fax number is provided by the suspect to complete this transaction. 

DRPS would like to warn the public especially students involved in current loan applications of this recent type of fraudulent activity and would like to remind all persons to keep their personal identification private and secure at all times.

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