Police say they have taken down an online romance scam that investigators say cost seven…
Fraudsters use Valentine’s Day to target vulnerable Canadians
Authorities in Canada are using Valentine’s Day to remind the public that if the person you met online recently starts asking for money or to start investing in a new venture, that is a serious red flag. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) issued an alert this month...
Transfers During an Affair held not to be a Gift and Ordered Returned
A woman must repay her ex-lover $96,000 pre and post-judgment interest and litigation costs, because she failed to prove in court that the money her ex-lover transferred to her was a gift. The plaintiff, Peter Walker, who was married at the time, had an affair with...
A Young Women from Oakville is Charged with Fraud in a Romance Scam
A 21-year-old woman from Oakville is one of the multiple people arrested by police for a series of frauds related to a romance scam operating in Burlington. The woman has been arrested and charged with fraud over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over...
W5 uncovers global network of organized crime targeting Canadians in romance scams
Aug. 13, 2021 – It is an eerie feeling to go through the computer of a dead woman. Touching the keyboard, scrolling through the chat history, looking at the photos. It is a terrible invasion of privacy. Our computers are, after all, the holders of our secrets,...
Women band together against alleged Cambridge ‘Online Casanova’
Aug. 13, 2021 – Anna and “Jay Singh” went on an innocuous coffee date on March 5, 2019. Despite Anna not posting a profile picture, he contacted her on the online dating site, Plenty of Fish (POF). He said all the right things. She claims he told her he lived in...