Police are asking Islanders to hang up if they receive a phone call that appears to be from the P.E.I. RCMP. 

That's because the caller could be a scammer who's "spoofing" the numbers of police agencies — and they just want to steal your money. 

"The scammers go on to pretend to be police and say that there's been a compromise of [the victim's] social insurance number and they ask people to move money or provide personal information," said Cpl. Gavin Moore, the P.E.I. RCMP's media relations offic…