Feb 18, 2022 | Fraud Awareness, Press Releases
Hanover Police continue to investigate a fraud, which occurred on Monday, February 7th, 2022. In this occurrence, the victim responded to a Facebook post believed to be sent by one of their friends. The post was regarding a contest and invited the victim to...
Feb 10, 2022 | Fraud Awareness, Press Releases
On Friday, January 28th, 2022, Hanover Police received a report of an attempted “grandparent” fraud. In this occurrence, the suspects contacted an elderly person claiming to be their grandson. The person then claimed to need money to be released from jail. The...
Feb 10, 2022 | Fraud Awareness, Press Releases
Hanover Police continue to investigate a fraud, which occurred throughout the month of January 2022. The suspects in this fraud pretended to be “Investment Day Traders” and convinced the victim to provide a large sum of money with guaranteed results. The victim became...
Dec 8, 2021 | Fraud Awareness, Press Releases
On Friday, October 22nd, 2021, Hanover Police received an “attempted” fraud report. The scammer in this case contacted a Hanover resident who had a vehicle posted for sale through Auto Trader. The fraudster began asking for personal information and wanted to purchase...
Sep 29, 2021 | Fraud Awareness
Hanover Police Service continues to receive calls relating to fraudulent activities in and around Hanover. Hanover Police are committed to the prevention of these offences and believe public education is a key component to that strategy. We have received several...
Mar 15, 2021 | Fraud Awareness, Press Releases
Hanover Police continue to investigate a fraud which occurred in the Town of Hanover on Saturday, March 6th, 2021. In this case the scammer(s) convinced the victim to attend a local gas station and buy several hundred dollars worth of Google Play Cards. Hanover Police...
