Peterborough Police Seeking Two Fraud Suspects Taking A Woman's Bank Card In Taxi Scam
/The Peterborough Police Service are seeking two suspects wanted on fraud for taking a bank card from a woman through a taxi scam on Tuesday night.
At roughly 7:30 p.m., officers arrived at a Chemong Road and Towerhill Road area parking lot and learned that a 53-year-old female victim was approached by a young woman who left a red sedan with a taxi sign on top of the car.
The latter appeared distressed and told the victim that the taxi would not accept cash and that she did not own a debit card. She asked the victim to take her cash and pay with her debit to cover the fee. The victim agreed and the transaction was completed.
Once the pair had left the area, the victim realized she had given back a bank card that was not hers. Within minutes, the victim received a notification from her bank that there was a withdrawal of $1,500 and another withdrawal at a local business minutes later.
The suspects are described as:
Suspect 1
Female
16-20 years old
Long dark hair tied up
Wearing a light-coloured hoodie
Suspect 2
Male
Approx. 40 years old
Facial hair
Balding with a medium build with an accent
Eyeglasses
Wearing a blue, white and red Adidas tracksuit
Vehicle
Red sedan
Tinted windows
White “City Taxi” sign on top of the vehicle with number 740-2222 listed below
