Montreal father loses nearly $20,000 in impersonation scam
Global News
A few weeks ago, Eric Sauvageau received a call from someone he believed was his son. He withdrew thousands from the bank and paid it before realizing he'd been scammed.
Eric Sauvageau and his son Sam are still trying to process what happened.
A few weeks ago, Eric, 60, received a phone call from someone he believed was his son, and it changed everything.
“I get a call from a private number, from my fake son saying I’m in the courthouse, I was in an accident and I sound a little funny cause I broke my nose, but it totally sounded like Sam’s voice,” said Eric.
Over the next three hours, he says he received several more calls from someone pretending to be his son and another claiming to be a lawyer.
He made two trips to the bank, withdrawing just under $19,000 in cash.
He says later on, two different couriers arrived at his home to collect the money.
It wasn’t until after the second pick up that Eric called his son’s workplace and realized his son had been there the whole time.
“It’s devastating,” he said. “You feel stupid. You feel like an idiot. I know the scam — I know the grandfather scam, I’m aware of it. They just play on your emotions, really.”
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