{"id":1246,"date":"2017-01-19T08:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groupesirco.com\/?p=1246\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T08:39:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T13:39:57","slug":"quebec-police-impersonator-to-woman-we-have-a-really-bad-file-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupesirco.com\/en\/quebec-police-impersonator-to-woman-we-have-a-really-bad-file-on-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec police impersonator to woman We have a really bad file on you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xiGYhO4TeM4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vaudreuil-Soulanges resident Melissa Fairhurst claims she was the victim of a scam when she received an odd phone call from someone pretending to be a S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec officer. Global&#8217;s Matt Grillo reports.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Fairhurst awoke to a phone call she won\u2019t soon forget on the night of Jan. 14.<\/p>\n<p>On the other line was a man impersonating a S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec (SQ) police officer, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The man even gave her the name of an officer from the Montreal area, as well as a badge number.<\/p>\n<p>The fraudster claimed her cell phone was in the possession of someone who had been dealing crystal meth.<\/p>\n<p>But something just didn\u2019t add up \u2014 Fairhurst had her cell phone with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy on the phone said we have a really bad file up against you,\u201d Fairhurst said. \u201cAt that point I said, \u2018No it\u2019s impossible with my line of work I require a police check annually.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fairhurst said she\u2019s considering filing a complaint, something the SQ says is essential to begin the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The SQ notes that they would have handled the situation differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was some drug trafficking that was mentioned, if that\u2019s the case trust me we\u2019re not going to call you by phone and make these allegations,\u201d SQ spokesman Daniel Thibaudeau said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll invite you to come and see us at a police station.\u201d<br \/>\n Fairhurst was unable to obtain a callback number despite asking for one.<\/p>\n<p>Security experts say retrieving that number is key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it\u2019s somebody you don\u2019t know, you didn\u2019t call for a specific service, you didn\u2019t complain about anything then you need to be on your toes,\u201d security expert Claude Sarrazin said.<\/p>\n<p>Fraudsters often sound credible and convincing, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re confidence men,\u201d Sarrazin said. \u201cThey\u2019re really people that are attacking some key issues in the human psyche to be able to fraud these people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Vaudreuil-Soulanges resident Melissa Fairhurst claims she was the victim of a scam when she received an odd phone call [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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