Telephone kidnapping scam targets Chinese community, police warn

Edmonton police are warning the Chinese community about a telephone kidnapping scam.
Lower Mainland B.C. RCMP were made aware of a telephone scam that usually targets young, female students by crooks posing as Chinese law enforcement or government officials, Sgt. Kevin Harrison, with the Edmonton Police Service Crisis Negotiator Unit, told an Edmonton news conference Thursday.
The scammers convince their victims to go into hiding, then call their families in China saying the person has been kidn