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Kelowna Scam
Kelowna resident loses $35,000 in iTunes scam
KELOWNA – A man was ripped off to the tune of about $35,000 by a…
Aggressive ransom email scam appears in Kelowna
KELOWNA – An email scam that infects computers and demands payment before the user can…
Did someone try selling you gold jewelry? It’s likely fake
Police are warning residents in the B.C. southern interior not to fall victim to a recurring…
New Facebook Marketplace scam hits Okanagan and beyond
A new scam targeting Facebook Marketplace sellers is draining bank accounts of victims in the…
Kelowna mother rattled by fake RCMP phone hoax
KELOWNA - Its a phone call no parent wants to get — a call from their son or daughter saying they’ve been in an accident, made twice as scary when the call supposedly comes from the RCMP detachment. “My son called and said he wasn’t having a great day,” a local mom says, who asked...
Suspicious salesman going door to door in Kelowna
KELOWNA - A man going door to door on MacKenzie Road has raised suspicions in the neighbourhood. Const. Steve Holmes says a man claiming to be selling furnaces and hot water tanks was going door to door but had no company identification and refused to leave a business card or brochure. It seems he is...