Ontario Provincial Police services and local organizations are offering information sessions for seniors to help…
Amazon scam calls on the rise, warns Better Business Bureau
Feb. 9, 2021 – The Better Business Bureau is warning British Columbians about a recent uptick in Amazon scam calls. Karla Laird, mainland British Columbia spokesperson for the BBB, says the organization has received a recent flood of reports about the scam....
BCSC panel fines and permanently bans B.C. woman for fraud
A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned Lynne Rae Nickford (a.k.a. Lynne Rae Zlotnik) from B.C.’s capital markets for fraud. In August 2017, the panel found that Nickford convinced 13 investors to loan money to or...
Lawyers are being targeted with sophisticated frauds on the west coast
A B.C. law firm recently paid out a six-figure sum — to a fraudster. The sophisticated scam, known as a social engineering fraud, showed the degree to which scammers today will go to swindle law firms and their clients. The Law Society of British Columbia said the...
Vancouver senior’s retirement savings “decimated,” by financial adviser
15 years ago, Louise Field turned to Simon Jaques for financial investment advice after her father recommended him. She handed the broker at Mackie Research Capital over a million dollars stemming from an inheritance. Little did Field and her husband know, that by...