Two students from Fleming College in Peterborough, Ont. fell prey to a scammer who claimed to…
Financial phone fraud scheme in N.B. lands two Montreal men in jail
Two men from Montreal are facing charges in New Brunswick in relation to a financial phone fraud scheme. Police received a report on Tuesday from a person who received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police officer who had a family member in custody....
Rogers scam alert: Texts offering credit after outage are fake
Following a Canada-wide outage of Rogers and a subsequent notice that customers would receive a credit in recompense, scammers took to SMS to try and make a profit out of the misery. On Saturday, July 9, Rogers acknowledged that it knew about the problem. “We are...
Scam Involving Packages at the Border in Saskatoon
Multiple reports to the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) have been received that scammers are targeting people via phone are claiming to represent the Canada Border Services Agency. Fraudsters are phoning to inform members of the public a parcel or shipment destined for...
Scammers are Posing as Officials from The Canada Border Services Agency in Manitoba
RCMP in Steinbach, Manitoba say scammers are posing as officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and asking people for personal information. RCMP want to warn the public of this scam and would like to remind citizens to never disclose personal...
University Students in Waterloo are Victims in Extortion Scam – Bilked of $150K
Two university students in Waterloo were defrauded of more than $150,000 combined. The students were made to believe they were implicated in a crime in China. After heavily investigating this case, The Waterloo Regional Police Service issued a warning to the East...