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Madeira Park Rd. selection of at Highway 101 wine kits from @ Marketplace IGA Madeira Park Hours Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am to 4pm We stand apart from the rest by selling the best! or at your convenience by appointment Page 2 Harbour Spiel editorial HARBOURHARBOHAARBORBOOUROUUURR SPIEL The art of the swindle Brian Lee The week following the bust in Mumbai, that number dropped to 25. Technology has To protect yourself, the CAFC provided the second asks you to consider “why the CRA The Independent Voice of Pender oldest profession — would be asking for payment through Harbour & Egmont since 1990. scamming — with an an iTunes gift card... when they already arsenal of new and have you on file as a taxpayer.” The Harbour Spiel is 100-per-cent locally owned increasingly sophisti- and operated and published monthly by Paq This story might lead some young- Press © 2016. Any unauthorized reprint or use cated tricks. sters to think seniors are the primary tar- of this material is prohibited. But despite the many ways you gets of the modern scam and they would EDITOR can be targeted online, creeps still seem never fall for such an obvious ruse. to favour that dusty relic, the telephone. Brian Lee Wrong. Last month Sunshine Coast RCMP A recent BBB study found 69 per CIRCULATION (2,500) reported that a Coast resident received a cent of online scam victims are under 45 The Harbour Spiel is mailed free to 1,400 homes phone call from a person claiming to be — and millennials are more likely to get between Egmont and Middlepoint and is available from the Canada Revenue Agency. conned than baby boomers. by paid subscription and for free at: The person on the line claimed • Coast Copy • IGA Wilson Creek This past fall, the BBB issued a • Earth Fair Store • LaVerne’s Grill the resident owed the CRA thousands warning to university students about • Emelle’s Madeira Bistro • Oak Tree Market • Euspiria Cafe • Painted Boat Resort of dollars, threatening arrest if payment scams specifically targeting them with • Gibsons Building Supplies • Pier 17 • Grasshopper Pub • Pender Harbour Golf Course wasn’t received immediately. online shopping deals or fake roommate • Halfmoon Bay General Store • Royal LePage Sussex Realty Despite the scammer’s request to • Java Docks • Roberts Creek General Store or rental scams. • John Henry’s Marina • Sechelt Public Library pay the amount in iTunes gift cards (by A CBC story on the subject found • IGA Madeira Park • Many seasonal locations sending a photograph of the cards’ PIN it might be due to an “optimism bias.” CONTRIBUTORS information on the back of the card), the The story points out that younger This month we thank: Haida Bolton, Elise resident complied. and better educated people don’t share Dolan, Frank Mauro, Amber McMillan, Shane The victim finally twigged that McCune, David Pearson and Jan Watson. the older generations’ fear of technology something was off when the caller de- Cover: The mermaid on the rock at Painted Boat and imagine they are invulnerable — Resort. It was installed in the late 1980s when manded more money after payment. which makes them vulnerable. the resort was still named Lowes. (Brian Lee) A couple months back, a Madeira A few years ago, I was taken for Park shop owner told me about a dis- ADVERTISING over $100 by scammers claiming to be traught customer who came into his Please reserve by the 15th of the month prior to from a U.S. domain name registry. publication. Advertisers make publication of the store looking for iTunes gift cards for They claimed the rights to my Harbour Spiel possible — please say thank you, this very same reason. harbourspiel.com had expired and I had and support our community, by supporting them. In this case, the owner of the store to renew it or lose it. SUBSCRIPTIONS pointed out it was likely a scam and It seemed legitimate, so I paid up. The Harbour Spiel can be mailed to your home thwarted the transaction. It turned out it was a scam or at for $60 per year (includes GST). So far in 2016, the Canadian Anti- least protection that I didn’t need. Fraud Centre reports 46 complaints CONTACT After that I was on scam alert but from scams requiring payment with still came close to following the pay- Paq Press iTunes gift cards (with the majority 4130 Francis Peninsula Rd. -- By appointment only. ment instructions in an email from Madeira Park, BC purporting to be the CRA). “Apple” for services I subscribe to. V0N 2H1 Losses are in excess of $85,000. It duplicated Apple’s correspon- [email protected] Then, last month, police in Mum- dence in every way except one — the www.harbourspiel.com bai, India arrested 70 people involved in address in the header was in Belgium, (604) 883-0770 CRA and IRS scams. not their headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The Better Business Bureau The variety of scams are endless NOVEMBER ISSUE: reported that between Oct. 3 to 9, the and they keep changing so, when in Dec. 1 CAFC received 358 complaints about doubt, hold off payment until you check this scam. with the BBB at www.bbb.org. November 2016 Page 3 spiel picks AREA A OFFICAL COMMUNITY PLAN INFORMATION SESSION: Saturday, Nov. 12, 1-4 p.m. A draft of the Egmont and Pender Harbour OCP is available at the SCRD offi ces and online at: www.scrd.ca/ egmont-penderharbour. Check it over and come prepared to ask questions and learn more about the results of more than a year’s worth of discussion, research and planning. At the Pender Harbour Community Hall. PENDER HARBOUR MUSIC SOCIETY MUSICAL MEMORIES COLLECTION DAY: Saturday, Nov. 12, 1-3 p.m. While dropping by the Area OCP information session, drop off any items of historical interest you might have related to local music or the early days of the Pender Harbour Music Society.Volunteers will scan your documents or photos and return them to you the same day as they try to create an archive of musical memories from the area. SAVE THE MOUNTAIN GRIND: Wednesday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. The fun-filled Mountain Grind is in jeopardy. Those interested in a 2017 and potentially ongoing Mountain Grind are invited to meet at the Pender Harbour School of Music in Madeira Park, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 to discuss the organization of the Mountain Grind. This meeting is sponsored by the Pender Harbour Advisory Council. For more infor- mation visit www.penderharbouradvisorycouncil.com. CHRISTMAS COMES TO PENDER HARBOUR: Friday, Nov. 25, 5 p.m. It’s becoming an annual event to kick off the Christmas season in Pender Harbour. Starting at 5 p.m. is a Community Dinner at the Pender Harbour Community Hall (by donation) for the whole family. Proceeds will support the new meal program at the P. H. Community Club youth activity events (held on the last two Fridays of each month). At 6 p.m. there will be a lighting of the lights ceremony outside the hall with some carol singing before heading back into the hall for a classic family Christmas movie. This event is co-organized by the Pender Harbour Community Club and the Pender Harbour and Area Chamber of Commerce. PHSS PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS: Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday, Dec. 1, 2 p.m. Find out how your kid is really doing at school. toon WWee ddelivereliver GGRAVELRAVEL · SSANDAND · TTOPSOILOPSOIL 12543 Warnock Rd. Madeira Park BC, V0N 2H1 Phone: 604.883.9771 Cell: 604.741.2665 Page 4 Harbour Spiel news Draft Area A OCP available for review ahead of Nov. 12 info session After more than a year of work document and to meet SCRD planning “An OCP is a high-level docu- by the 15-member advisory group, the staff and members of the local advisory ment which guides decision-making on Sunshine Coast Regional District has group who helped update the plan.