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REGINA The Yorkton RCMP, Yorkton Chamber of Commerce and local businesses put a new fraud prevention initiative in to motion on Thursday. Over the past two years the Yorkton RCMP detachment has heard over 300 complaints of fraud. These cases see a constantly changing story from the fraudsters on the line, but a vast majority of them end in requesting the victim to purchase gift cards. “We’re pretty happy with the participation that we have in the program, we’ve pretty much covered off, to the best of our knowledge at least, the majority of the retailers of the types of cards that are being victimized,” said S/SGT Jeff Simpson of the Yorkton RCMP.
S/Sgt. Jeff Simpson said that over the past two years, the Yorkton RCMP has received approximately 310 complaints related to frauds within the jurisdiction. He said they are often changing their ‘sales pitch’, but they share one thing in common, they are trying to solicit funds from the victim. Sometimes, it’s through a direct transfer, but most cases it’s through alternative payment such as gift cards. “Gift cards are a preferred method of victimization due to the fact that they’re virtually untraceable, universal across multiple jurisdictions and countries, and have a resale value on the black market,” explained Simpson.