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25 | The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,D ecem ber 12,2019 theifp.ca The Staff at the Georgetown Denture Clinic have written a Christmas carol and have dedicated it to Alex Trenton, Denturist! SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER"! "ALEX THE BEST DENTURIST" DO YOU RECALL THE MOST FAMOUS DENTURIST OF ALL! ALEX THE BEST DENTURIST MADE THE BEST DENTURE TEETH AND IF YOU EVER TRIED THEM YOU COULD EVEN CHEW ROAST BEEF! ALL OF THE OTHER DENTURISTS WERE JEALOUS AND CALLED HIM NAMES THEY NEVER LET POOR ALEX JOIN IN ANY DENTURE GAMES! THEN ONE TOOTHLESS CHRISTMAS EVE SANTA CAME TO SAY ALEX YOU'RE THE BEST I SEE WON'T YOU MAKE A NEW DENTURE FOR ME! THEN HOW THE DENTURISTS LOVED HIM AND THEY SHOUTED OUT WITH GLEE ALEX YOU GREAT DENTURIST YOU'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY! FULL-SERVICE RETIREMENT HOME 905-877-1800 222 Mountainview Road North, Georgetown www.mountainviewresidence.com Seniors enjoy an independent lifestyle with comfortable accommodations, personal care and other supportive services. Retirement living can be the best of times when you live in an atmosphere of comfort and family caring. Mountainview Residence Of Georgetown An Oakville nurse is warning the public about a new scam, which succeeded in draining around $10,000 from her credit card. Sheila O'Reilly said her ordeal began Saturday, Nov. 9 when she realized she had no service on her cellphone. She contacted her ser- vice provider to find out what was going on and was told she had no service be- cause she had cancelled her account earlier that day. "I told them I didn't. I'm on a business account and also I have two other people on this account so I wouldn't have cancelled it," said O'Reilly. "That's when I was trans- ferred to the fraud depart- ment." The service provider eventually determined that someone had called, imper- sonated O'Reilly and an- swered enough security questions to be given access to the account. The fraudster then can- celled the account and port- ed the phone number to an- other carrier. Now in possession of O'Reilly's phone number and account information, the scammer succeeded in quickly making numerous purchases with O'Reilly's credit card. "I phoned Visa right away and the agent at Visa said there had been charges on my account, $4,000 to Ticketmaster, money to Lucky Mobile, to Uber Eats and he listed a whole bunch of other ones and I just stopped writing them down," said O'Reilly. "It was close to $10,000." The OPP has described this type of fraud as a "SIM Swap Scam." They issued a warning early in November, noting the new fraud was begin- ning to make the rounds. "Fraudsters are using SIM swapping and phone number porting to gain ac- cess to your email, social media and financial ac- counts," said the OPP in a press release. "From there, they gain direct access to your per- sonal information, calen- dar, contacts and money. Fraudsters may empty your bank accounts, apply for credit in your good name, or NEWS NURSE FALLS VICTIM TO NEW SIM SWAP SCAM FRAUDSTER TRICKED CELLPHONE PROVIDER INTO GIVING ACCESS TO VICTIM'S ACCOUNT DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com See 2 INSTANCES, page 27 "It's really annoying and it gets under your skin because you just don't know who to trust out there." - Oakville Nurse Sheila O'Reilly We care about your hearing! Professional Arts Building 99 Sinclair Ave., Suite 210, Georgetown 905-873-6642 Serving the community of Halton Hills and surrounding areas since 1992 The Georgetown Noise does not have to be loud to be harmful, it could take as little 60 decibels (the level of a quiet air conditioner) - to prod us from deep to superficial sleep without our knowing it, interrupting R.E.M. Cycles and leaving us to face the day fatigued and unfocused. Sleep deprivation from various noisy sources has been blamed for the thousands of highway and industrial accidents each year. The Hearing Clinic specializes in noise alleviating ear plugs, for more information please call today. For more information feel free to call... . . . Lend MeYour Ears NOISES AND YOUR SLEEP By Cory Soal R.H.A.D.