Regional police services across Canada have issued warnings about fraudulent investment schemes involving Bitcoin, an encrypted…
Regulator calls on Google to ban ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies
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...
‘Hitman scam’ targets Altona residents using bitcoin: police
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...
Vancouver server warns people after she lost $8K in Bitcoin CRA scam
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...
Bitcoin ‘death threat’ scam reported in Peterborough, according to police
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,...