Two males, ages 40 and 37, face a combined total of 47 charges after continued investigation in connection to several break and enters that had occurred to apartment building mail boxes in October of 2016, and the theft of mail belonging to the building’s residents. Forty year-old James Donald PROVOST, (DOB: 1976-04-27), of Edmonton, Alberta,…
The Regina Police Service would like to advise the public of a scam that has been going around recently. Already today, the Regina Police Service Communications Centre has had more than 25 phone calls reporting this scam. Fortunately, none of the callers so far have been victims. The “traffic violation” scam is an email that…
The Regina Police Service would like to advise the public of a computer virus that has attacked local businesses in recent months. The type of virus, commonly called “ransomware”, works by encrypting files on the user’s computer system and then holding them hostage until the user pays a fee to have the files decrypted. This…
The Regina Police Service is asking Regina residents to keep a watchful eye on their property or place of residence. We have had several reported instances of mailbox thefts in apartment buildings lately. The thief will be looking for anything with your name and banking information on it. Here are a few ways to try…
Victims from around the world are being scammed every day by suspects claiming to be from Lottery Corporations. Over the years a number of victims from Regina have come forward reporting that they were victims of this scam. One case of note began two years ago when a Regina resident was contacted, by phone, by…