Prince George woman scammed out of $3,000, now she’s pleading for others to watch out

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The woman on the phone says she was in an accident and needed money to get out of jail.

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“Finally I heard a very passionate plea ‘Mom, mom, mom it’s me, Jessie. Mom it’s me, Jessie. I’ve been in an accident and I’ve gotten a broken nose, that’s why you can’t understand me.” said Jane.

When Jane asked why the woman needed money for bail, the woman on the phone told her that she had been in an accident involving a child. The woman then handed the phone over to a man who pretended to be a Prince George RCMP officer.

“This man came on the line and introduced himself as a local RCMP officer by the name of Barry Price. He said that Jessie’s here but through no fault of her’s she didn’t do anything wrong, she was involved in an accident. It was a rear-end collision. Unfortunately there was a child hurt in the other vehicle so they had to do a breathalyzer on her.” said Jane.

The man originally wanted $6,000 but Jane could only afford to give half. The man demanded that she would go downtown to the courthouse and give him cash.

Jane is disabled and lives with MS. So she offered to do an E-transfer instead.

“I would’ve done anything to help her. And it wasn’t unreasonable that she could’ve had an accident.” said Jane.

The man was hesitant, but then gave Jane an email address to send the money to, which she did.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says they’ve seen scams like these before. They say scammers will claim a loved one was arrested or injured in an accident and that money is needed for hospital bills, lawyer fees, or bail.

They also ask for the money to be sent through money services like Western Union or in the form of gift cards.

Jane’s bank is working to get her money back. But to her, it’s not about the money. She wants everyone to be aware of these scams and for the scammers to turn their life around.

“I want this story exposed without knowing it’s me so these people will get caught and they will be able to turn their life around and not have to live a life of scamming people, they can live a decent life and that’s what I want out of this. That’s what I want, for the bottom line for them to be rehabilitated.” said Jane.