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Regina Area
Missing 14 Year Old
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers is requesting the public's help in locating a missing a 14-year-old female, Michelle Mary Jane RATT. She was reported missing on June 28, 2008 at 10:30 p.m.
Michelle Mary Jane RATT was last seen at a home in east Regina and has
been known to frequent North-Central Regina area. She was wearing a grey
hoodie and black sweat pants. Michelle Mary Jane RATT is Aboriginal, 5
feet tall, 100 pounds, and black shoulder length hair.
If you have information about Michelle Mary Jane RATT, please contact
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through Sask-Tel Mobility Network at *8477, or submit a tip on-line at www.saskcrimestoppers.com where you can also view information on other unsolved crimes.
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Across Province
Loan & Mortgages Scheme
Loan & Mortgage Scheme
RCMP Commercial Crime Section want the public to be aware of Advance Fee Loan Schemes. Recently ads have been placed in the Leader Post offering loans and mortgages. Similar ads have been found on line.
Once the potential applicant contacts the number provided the company sends forms requesting personal information to be filled out. The forms are completed and returned to the company. The company calls the applicant and asks for a processing fee, loan application fee, high risk loan surety, etc. to allow the company to finish processing the loan.
The applicant is told to send the money by Western Union or Money Gram. The applicant then forwards the cash and never receives the loan.
The public should be wary of a business requiring money up front for loans or mortgages. Normally, if there is a charge associated with the loan or mortgage it is included in the total loan
and paid back during the life of that loan.
DEBIT CARD SKIMMING
RCMP would like to warn businesses and the public about a rash of debit
card skimming which has hit the province in the past two and a half
months. Losses to customers have ranged from $20.00 to several thousand
dollars. Skimming refers to a process by which criminals are able to
capture data from debit or credit cards and make false replacement
cards.
Since May, there have been reported incidents in most major centres in
the province and more victims coming forward daily. In the recent cases,
Point of Sale (POS)hand held terminals have been targeted in busy
locations such as malls and fast-food restaurants. Suspects remove the
terminal pin pad and replace it with one capable of capturing both the
magnetic stripe information and personal information numbers (PIN).
Once the altered pin pad is replaced at the store, the criminals begin
taking as much money as they can from the customer’s account until
either the banking institution or the customer notices the fraudulent
transactions. Often these transactions are taking place in another
province or another country.
Police are working to educate the public and businesses about how to
protect themselves from this type of theft. Businesses are being
encouraged to treat the POS system like cash and to keep it behind the
counter until a customer requests it. Business owners and clerks are
also being asked to check each unit at the beginning and end of the day
to look for signs of tampering such as lifted labels on the backs of
machines or serial numbers on the hand-held pin pad not matching the
main unit.
Customers are encouraged to hide the PIN when making transactions and
change their PIN regularly. Any cases of suspected fraudulent
transactions should be reported to your bank and the police as soon as
possible.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is requested to contact:
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (*TIPS)
SaskTel Mobility Network at *TIPS (*8477)
Submit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers is anonymous and does not subscribe to call display nor are your calls traced or recorded.
If your information leads to an arrest or a case being cleared, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.00.
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Maddy McCann Abducted in Portugal
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers is joining the world wide appeal to help find Maddy McCann, the four year old girl who was abducted while on vaction with her parents in Portugal just over a month ago.
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Missing Person James Carlson
James Christopher Wray Carlson
Missing Person, last seen May 14, 2008
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Missing Person Katelyn Noble
Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen in the Radisson, Saskatchewan district in mid August, 2007
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Missing Person Emily Osmond
Emily G. Osmond (Laplante) was reported missing on September 20, 2007. She was last seen at her residence near the Kawacatoose First Nation on September 9th, 2007.
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What happens when I call Crime Stoppers?
Ever wondered what happens when you call Crime Stoppers? Well then this is the article you want to read...
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Central/North Communities
Children being approached
SASKATCHEWAN RCMP SEEK PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
REGARDING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES
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Yamaa Pagmani
REGINA MAN FOUND DEAD IN LAKE LOUISE, ALBERTA
Calgary Major Crimes are requesting the assistance of the general public to provide any information of Yamaa PAGMANI, also known as Sayed KHALID, age 39 a resident of Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Across Province
Cyber Bullies
Protection From Cyber Bullies
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Mass Marketing and Idenity Frauds and Scams: Mass Marketing Red Flags and What to Do if it Happens
Mass Marketing and Identity Frauds and Scams: Mass Marketing
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