A Brantford, Ont. student was defrauded out of $2,000 after falling victim to a Kijiji sublet…
CRTC launches new protections against fraudlent Calls
Dec. 20, 2018 (Courtesy of NationalPost.com) – Canadians will soon have greater protection from scam phone calls. Today, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ruled that service providers must apply additional levels of protection to...
Online scam uses fake endorsements from Canadian media personalities to sell products
Dec. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of ctvnews.ca) – Lisa LaFlamme is not quitting her job to sell skincare products. Neither is Marilyn Denis or Melissa Grelo. But bogus online ads using fake endorsements from several Canadian media personalities have left many shoppers...
OCS warns customers of data accessed in Canada Post breach
Nov. 7, 2018 ( Courtesy of citynews.ca) – The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) said the shipping information of some of its customers was accessed by an outside source through the Canada Post delivery tracking tool. In a letter sent to the customers on Wednesday,...
CRA Scams: An Organized Operation In Mumbai Is To Blame For One Of The Biggest Scams In Canada’s History
Sept. 24, 2018 (Courtesy of Narcity.com) – Our cell phones go off daily with calls from telemarketers and scammers. How many times have you “won a free cruise” or been asked to buy products over the phone? Too many to count, right? We’re sick...
‘Nowhere to live and nowhere to go’: MUN student from Ontario hit by rental scam
Sept. 10 ,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca ) – Imagine moving to Newfoundland from another province to study at Memorial University, only to discover upon your arrival that the people at your new rental property have no idea who you are, or what you’re talking...