Montreal Gazette
🏢 Postmedia
📍 QC
Aug 7, 2026
· 5 min read
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Phone fraudsters scam Montreal couple out of $6,000
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MONTREAL NEWS
Phone fraudsters scam Montreal couple out of $6,000
Reported losses from bank-investigator scams in Canada hit $28.6 million in the first half of 2026
Patricia Gauthier, left, and partner Sue Mayer were recent victims of a fraud phone scam where people posed as TD bank employees and SQ officers and asked for their banking information and made away with $6,000. (Tim Snow / Montreal Gazette)
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Abby McLaughlin
August 7, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Updated: August 7, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.
Patricia Gauthier believed she was helping TD Bank and police catch a fraudster.
Two hours later, sc…
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