Police don’t typically field a lot of scam phone calls, but this week operators at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment received multiple calls from people asking if their grandchildren were being held in the detachment’s cells.
The calls were spurred by a wave of grandson scam attempts in Nanaimo and other Island communities.
“We had 20 calls yesterday,” said reserve Const. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson.
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