by L Poole | Nov 25, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, phishing, Phone Scam, Uncategorized
Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has told the public if you get a text from the force in the next 24 hours – you have been the victim of fraud. Scotland Yard’s most senior officer acknowledged that the warnings are fraught with...
by L Poole | Nov 9, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, phishing
In the past few weeks, the Kimberley RCMP, via their social media page, have been educating Kimberley residents about phishing. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reports that it received 7,190 reports of phishing last year and it estimates that only five per cent of...
by L Poole | Jan 10, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, phishing
Suspect, who works in publishing in London, has been charged with wire fraud. Authorities say they’ve solved a publishing industry whodunit with the arrest Wednesday of a man accused of numerous literary heists in recent years. Filippo Bernardini allegedly...
by Saultonline | Apr 16, 2021 | phishing, Recent Articles
April 16, 2021 – A reader contacted Saultonline after receiving what he thought was a fraudulent e-mail from Canada Post. The e-mail reads, “Dear xxxxxxxxxxx, We tried to ship a parce to your address and no one was home and it was returned to Warehouse, First...
by CBC News | Apr 3, 2021 | phishing, Recent Articles
April 3, 2021 – Windsor city councillors turned down the opportunity to look at investigative reports that outline details of a phishing scam directed toward the Essex Region Conservation Authority, which cost the organization nearly $300,000 last year. But...
by CBC News | Mar 17, 2021 | phishing, Recent Articles
March 17, 2021 – Tara Kiwenzie was forced to take a break from beading barrettes over the weekend to warn her customers about a phishing scam she and other Indigenous artists and businesses have found themselves targeted by. Kiwenzie, who is from Wikwemikong...