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Facebook scammer targets Huntsville woman for $500 in iTunes gift cards

Facebook scammer targets Huntsville woman for $500 in iTunes gift cards

by Admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles

Huntsville resident Patricia Friend accepted a Facebook friend request in late January from someone named “Stephanie” she believed to be the daughter of a recently deceased friend. When she received the request, she thought it was a nice gesture from someone whose...
Regulator calls on Google to ban ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies

Regulator calls on Google to ban ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies

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...
OPP warn of sextortion scam targeting men, victims were targeted on Facebook

OPP warn of sextortion scam targeting men, victims were targeted on Facebook

by Admin | Jan 24, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles

Ontario Provincial Police in East Algoma are investigating three separate cases of an online sex scam involving blackmail. Constable Bev Gauthier says the first complaint came from Elliot Lake in early December, while the other two are from Blind River. She says the...
Penticton woman scammed out of $10,000 after falling for a Facebook scam

Penticton woman scammed out of $10,000 after falling for a Facebook scam

by Admin | Dec 1, 2017 | Identity Fraud, Recent Articles

A Penticton woman is out almost $10,000, after falling for what she now believes was an online scam, police have reported. Last week, the local resident received a message over Facebook from an unknown person who requested money. “It is another questionable action on...
Hants County, NS woman sentenced for fraud, extortion charge dismissed

Hants County, NS woman sentenced for fraud, extortion charge dismissed

by Admin | Aug 17, 2017 | Recent Articles, Relationship Fraud

A Hants County, N.S. woman who was originally charged with two counts of extortion has been handed a conditional discharge with probation after pleading guilty to fraud. Tasha Nicole Farmer pleaded not guilty earlier this year to charges of inducing a man with threats...
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