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Fraud officers advise: `Never send money' continued from p.7 "They wanted to know our name and phone number and how much we had in the bank." He said the officers would offer responses to see the reaction. Scammers fish for information One officer said he had $3,500 and another said $83,000. The responses would typically say the amount they owed in taxes was about $1,000 less than the amount provided. One person said to send the supposed tax funds owed to Pakistan. "They told one of our officers the RCMP is coming for them. The caller (scammer) didn't know what RCMP stood for," said Izlakar. "We asked for their opinion on the Toronto Blue Jays, but they didn't have a clue. They spoke decent English, but you could tell it wasn't their first language," he said, noting police believe that most of these callers are based outside Canada. Fraudsters have limited, if any, local knowledge "Everything for these guys is scripted. They don't have a lot of local knowledge or about the CRA, and they started to become angry and frustrated" with the line of questioning from the officers posing as regular residents, said Izlakar. "While we're talking to them, they aren't defrauding other people. If we can frustrate them and keep them from speaking to a real citizen who will be fooled by this, then we've done our job." He said after about an hour of calls from the officers, it got to the point where no one picked up the phone at the other end. Izlakar has been head of the fraud unit for more than a year. He said it's the first time the unit has employed the callback tactic since he joined the unit. He said they might employ the practice from time-to-time. The Halton police fraud unit consists of 14 officers. One half investigates corporate crime and the other half is a card team that looks after credit and debit card cases, counterfeiting and email fraud. Anyone with information or concerns about potential frauds can call Halton police at 905-634-1831 or contact the Canadian AntiFraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or visit bit. ly/25kljOw. 13 | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com March 31- april 3, 2016 B R AC E L E T PA N D O R A FREE Skyway JeweLLeRS 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville Y JEWELLERS Foxcreek Mall 2501hird Third Line Road, Oakville Line Road, Oakville (Third Line and Dundas) 905.827.0700 *Purchase between $125­$3,300 of PANDORA jewellery and qualify to receive a free PANDORA bracelet that fits your unique style. Prices before taxes. While supplies last, limit one per customer. Charms sold separately. See store for details. FOUNDED IN 1857 Some jewelry displayed patented (US Pat. No. 7,007,507) · © Pandora · PANDORA.NET