Suspicious activity for financial crimes can be both hard and easy to spot.
Consider these examples of potential signs:
- Suspicious shops, websites, social media accounts, and businesses claiming to sell supplies or products currently in high demand
- A business that doesn’t seem to have many customers but somehow manages to stay open
- Your business ‘investor’ uses multiple birthdates or various names
- A stranger offers to pay you $100, if you cash a $1,000 cheque for them
- You get an offer from someone living overseas to buy the vehicle you have for sale on behalf of an unnamed person
- Phishing schemes that prey on virus-related fears
Anyone who believes they may be a target or victim of a financial scam is encouraged to contact the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s Financial Crimes Unit at rcips.fcu@rcips.ky or +1 345 949-8797.