by Admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles
Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin, is accused of swindling more than $5-billion worth of the cryptocurrency and other assets from the estate of a computer-security expert. Wright, who claimed in 2016 that he created the computer-based currency...
by Admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Online Fraud, Recent Articles
Following Facebook’s announcement last week that it was banning all advertising for binary options, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, a Canadian regulator has called on Google to do the same. Jason Roy, a senior investigator at the Manitoba Securities...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles
Police say residents in Altona, Man., have been targeted by a bizarre email scam telling people to pay up or face a hitman. Altona police Chief Perry Batchelor said police in the southwestern Manitoba town has received two complaints about the scam, and denounced it...
by Admin | Jan 30, 2018 | Financial Fraud, Recent Articles
A Vancouver server has fallen victim to a new twist on a scam that falsely involves the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). And now she’s warning others, especially those who work in the service industry. Scams oriented around the CRA usually involve people contacting...
by Admin | Jan 25, 2018 | Cybercrime, Featured
Local residents have received emails claiming to be a hitman hired to kill them. The email writer claims to have had a change of heart and offers to turn over the name of the person who commissioned the killing in exchange for bitcoins, a digital, or virtual,...