NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE
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A joint police investigation between members from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Niagara Regional Police (NRP) have led to an arrest of a 53-year-old individual from Caledon.
Earlier this year, detectives from the Niagara Regional Police Service and Major Crime Unit of the Caledon OPP Detachment entered into a fraud investigation that involved a prize fraud scheme. The victim reported that they received a phone call from an unknown suspect claiming that the victim had won a multimillion dollar prize. The suspect proceeded to state that a fee was required to be mailed in in order for the monetary prize to be claimed. The victim complied and sent a sum of money to an address provided by the suspect. The victim then received another phone call from the suspect asking for more money. At that point, the victim became suspicious and reported the incident to police.
As a result of the joint investigation, Donna Gordon-Allen, 53 years old of Caledon, has been charged with the following offence of:
• fraud over $5,000
Gordon- Allen is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Orangeville at a later date.
Safety tips:
• Never send money to anybody you don't know and trust
• Don't provide personal banking details to anyone that you do not know and trust
• Any lottery or sweepstakes requiring upfront fees is a scam
• If you didn't enter a contest, you didn't win — no matter what you may be told
• If congratulations come with a cheque — with instructions to deposit it and send a portion back - the cheque is fake
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