MacEwan University has fallen victim to an online fraud scam that led the Edmonton-based university…
West Vancouver police warn of elaborate online video scam
July 31, 2018( Courtesy of The Canadian Press) – West Vancouver police are warning the public about a new online scam using personal email addresses and passwords. Police say victims receive an email that includes the recipient’s current or past email...
3 Canadians Arrested as the FBI busts an international email fraud ring that stole millions
June 13, 2108 (Courtesy of Cnet.com) – The FBI announced 74 arrests across seven countries in a major email fraud bust on Monday. The alleged email scammers, spread across seven countries, would target midsize businesses, looking to trick employees who had...
Parents, friends of international student defrauded out of over $200K in virtual kidnapping scam
May 22, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) – Durham police are investigating after parents and friends of an international student were defrauded out of more than $200,000 in a “virtual kidnapping” scam. The 18-year-old female student at McGill University...
FBI: Reported Internet Frauds Topped $1.4 Billion Last Year
May 9, 2018 ( Courtesy of darkreading.com)– The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) logged more than 301,000 complaints of Internet crimes last year that resulted in losses of more than $1.4 billion — and that’s just from consumers and...
MacEwan University recovers bulk of $11.8M lost in online phishing scam
University defrauded when staff failed to verify emails requesting changes to banking information April 5, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca ) – After months of legal wrangling, Edmonton’s MacEwan University has recovered nearly all of the $11.8 million lost to an...