UPDATE: LaSalle police warn of scammers using service’s cloned phone number
Published Mar 28, 2025 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 1 minute read
LaSalle police are warning the public about a nationwide phone scam where the callers claim to be from the town’s police service and are attempting to gain personal information.
Police officials said the service has recently begun to receive phone calls from across Canada regarding the scam.
It involves a person calling on a cloned phone number — using the 519-969-5210 phone number of the LaSalle department — and claiming to be a police officer.
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The scammers are female or male with various accents, according to police, and they attempt to obtain personal information from the person they are calling.
They have used a variety of schemes, including telling the person they have been a victim of identity theft, that their phone number has been sued to register a purchase or that it is associated with a crime in China.
Police said scammers may know the first and last name of the person they are calling, their address, email address or names of relatives. They may also provide a fictitious badge number and report/occurrence number.
LaSalle officials said officers would never convey identity theft information in this manner.
Police advise if you receive a similar call, do not release any personal information. Hang up the phone immediately.
Police said there is no need to notify the service as they aren’t taking reports at this time. However, if personal information is mistakenly disclosed to the scam caller, police advice calling 519-969-5210, ext. 0, which is the dispatch extension, to get help.
jkotsis@postmedia.com
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