by Marina Burghard | Jul 23, 2019 | Featured, Fraud Prevention, Identity Fraud, Online Fraud, phishing, Phone Scam
Montreal (July 23, 2019) – Hydro-Québec customers have been increasingly targeted with phishing attempts. Fraudsters are using phone calls, emails, and text messages pretending that there is an urgent matter which can be solved by handing over personal information or...
by Marina Burghard | Jul 22, 2019 | Featured, Fraud Prevention, Identity Fraud, Phone Scam
Mississauga (July 22, 2019) – The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) have issued a press release warning the public about fraudulent calls which appear to be coming from their toll-free phone number 1-800-787-8529. The fraudsters are spoofing the SIU’s phone number to...
by Marina Burghard | Jun 21, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Phone Scam
June 21, 2018 Courtesy of Ottawacitizen.com) – The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has issued a bulletin warning that people in Canada are being targeted with calls claiming to come from the Beijing police, Interpol, the Chinese embassy or a delivery firm with a...
by Marina Burghard | Apr 27, 2018 | Featured, Phone Scam
Victim was persuaded to transfer his life savings overseas for safekeeping April 27, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) – West Vancouver police are warning the public to hold onto their money after an elderly resident lost his life savings to fraud artists posing as bank...
by Marina Burghard | Apr 2, 2018 | Corporate Frauds, Featured, Phone Scam
April 2 2018 (Courtesy of cbc.ca) A Vancouver man accused of bilking thousands of seniors in the U.S. — and who fought extradition for more than a decade — has been convicted of mail and wire fraud by a Los Angeles federal jury. On Thursday, a jury convicted Mark...
by Marina Burghard | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Phone Scam
March 22,2018 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) – An Ontario police force is warning the public about a fraud scheme that left a 76-year-old woman thousands of dollars out of pocket this week. Police in Brantford, Ont., say the victim got a call from someone...