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More scams are being reported in Huron County, with the latest in Exeter involving Bitcoin.
Huron OPP say a retail business received a text message indicating it was the store’s supervisor, and staff were directed to collect all cash on site.
According to police, the employee was instructed to deposit the cash into a Bitcoin machine in London, and the staffer proceeded to deposit $9,800 in cash into the machine.
The victim later contacted their supervisors directly to follow up and discovered that they had been scammed.
The news follows reports a Huron East resident was the victim of the grandparent scam, after receiving a phone call their grandson was in a collision, and required money to get him out of the situation.
The victim was reportedly instructed to obtain $6,500 in cash, and arrangements were made to have someone attend the victim’s residence the next day to pick up the money.