Tuesday, August 14, 2012

OPP Warn Motorists of Possible Scam

The Ontario Provincal Police want the public to be aware of a scam that's happening in Northwestern Ontario.

On Sunday there were two seperate incidents in the Nipigon area and Thunder Bay area on highway 11/17.

In the Nipigon area, a female flagged down a driver, saying she had ran out of gas and said she had a ring she would exchange for money.

In the same incident in Thunder Bay, a man flagged down a driver and made the same offer. The man offered the ring in exchange for money, which he said was worth 800 dollars.

Police say the ring was later found to be fake.

The man and woman appear to be of Turkish descent and were driving a dark coloured Audi.

Police want the public to be cautious with any offer that seems to good to be true.