It's Crime Prevention Week 2019, with a focus on how you can help prevent crime, stay vigilant and be cautious of fraud.
"Everyone has a role when it comes to community safety," said Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General. "Crime Prevention Week provides an opportunity to increase awareness about how each of us can help prevent crime and keep ourselves and our communities safe."
With the recent increase in reports of telephone scams across the province, people can help protect themselves, their family, friends, and neighbours:
- Take strict measures to keep personal information confidential and never share details like credit card, bank account numbers, or any other payment information over the phone or text.
- Use caution when clicking on links sent to you via text when coming from unknown senders.
- Have conversations with friends and family who are more vulnerable and possibly most at risk to fraud, such as elderly adults or teens.
- If a suspicious call is received, hang up right away and contact your local police to report it. You may also contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
- Don't respond to text messages from numbers that are not complete cell phone numbers or without verifying who the sender is.
- Don't call a phone number texted to you from an unknown person.
- Use caution on free offers or notifications of winning a prize. If the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Crime Prevention Week takes place until November 9. Police services across the province will be hosting events to help raise awareness and keep people safe.
This year’s theme is “Preventing Crime, Protecting People.”
- Find more on how to report and protect yourself from fraud.
- For more information about what to do if you or someone you know has been the victim of a scam, go to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police website.
