by L Poole | Oct 28, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Immigration Fraud, Online Fraud
Canada has a reputation for being one of the most welcoming countries in the world for immigrants. But not everyone here wants to see you succeed. For Canada’s current generation of thieves, immigrants — even those who haven’t yet arrived in the country — make ideal...
by L Poole | Oct 27, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Online Fraud
Canadians have lost hundreds of millions of dollars to scams this year, and the Saskatchewan RCMP is warning the public about a trick involving social media accounts that you might normally trust. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre’s records say $362.7 million has...
by L Poole | Sep 30, 2022 | Breaking News, Cybercrime, Featured, Fraud Prevention
A new poll on cyber security from RBC shows that while most Canadians (71 per cent) are knowledgeable about various types of cyber threats to their personal information, nearly half of Canadians (47 per cent) are worried that they will be a victim of cybercrime in the...
by L Poole | Sep 28, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Online Fraud
A nearly two-year-long investigation has led to dozens of charges in connection with a series of online frauds. Edmonton police started looking into reports of marketplace frauds in December 2020. In each incident, a suspect responded to an online ad on Facebook...
by L Poole | Sep 23, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Online Fraud, Romance Fraud
Police have charged a 44-year-old woman and are searching for another person of interest after someone was defrauded of more than $70,000 in a romance scam. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they launched an investigation in March 2020 after being informed of a...
by L Poole | Sep 22, 2022 | Breaking News, Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud
Scammer used email of resident’s acquaintance in the scam. “It’s like that image of $1,000 with little wings flying out the window.” That’s how Richmond resident Susan Parsons described being a victim of an ongoing Apple gift card scam earlier this month. What...