Canada's Better Business Bureau is warning that buying cigarettes from online international sellers can lead…
Florida man convicted who was involved in defrauding the City of Ottawa
Fort Lauderdale, USA (October 17, 2019) – Elvin I. Lewis, Jr. has been convicted by a South Florida Jury. Lewis laundered more than US$3 million in fraud proceeds obtained from international cyber scams using Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes between November...
RCMP arrests two suspects in connection with Bell data breach
Ottawa (October 9, 2019) – RCMP arrested Nana Koranteng and Jesiah Russell-Francis in connection with the Bell data breach in 2018. On October 8, fraud charges were laid against the suspects from Montreal who are alleged to have been involved in the cyber-attack. Nana...
Homeowner warns about rental scam
Langley (October 2, 2019) – Homeowners from Langley warn about a rental scam. Their house was apparently fraudulently posted on Craigslist as a rental property, Global News reported. As already four people were scammed, the legitimate owners of the property are...
Three web domains seized in online job scam
Edmonton (September 30, 2019) – Edmonton Police have seized three web domains as a result of an online job scam investigation. According to the police, there were 93 employment scam reports during the first half of 2019, with a total loss of over $240,000. Authorities...
BBB report: More than US$33,6 million reported losses to BEC scams since 2016
September 27, 2019 – Since 2016, businesses and organizations in Canada reported a total of US$33.6 million in losses as a result of Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams according to a new report of the Better Business Bureau (BBB). The BBB urges businesses and...