Owen Sound Police are warning about a scam involving the impersonation of a police officer.
Police say on Tuesday, an Owen Sound resident received a phone call which played an automated phone message. It indicated the man's Social Insurance Number had been compromised in Montreal and was associated to a drug investigation.
The victim then followed voice prompts which led him to speak with a female, who asked him to confirm the last three digits of his SIN card. The man was then told that a member of his local police force would call him.
A short time later a man called the victim, indicated he was an Owen Sound Police Sergeant and wanted the victim to deposit money into Bit Coin in order to clear the matter up with authorities.
The victim became suspicious at that point and called police.
The Owen Sound Police says investigators do call members of the public but never request Social Insurance Numbers and will not make arbitrary phone calls with respect to banking information.
