The Better Business Bureau has put out a list of its top 10 scams in…
As Canadians lose $34.6M in fraud so far this year, Crime Stoppers urges victims file reports
March 23, 2021 – Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers is reminding people to report fraud as the amount defrauded from Canadians last year hit more than $100 million. According to recent data from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canadians lost $106.4 million to fraud...
Online scammers took $200,000 from Lethbridge residents in 2020
March 22, 2021 – The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) in Alberta are asking the public to be more careful about falling victim to potentially-fraudulent activities online. Online scams reported to LPS in 2020 totalled more than $200,000 in 2020. These range from...
SGI highlights insurance fraud through 5 of the oddest claims made in 2020
March 18, 2021 – A car pushed off a 24-metre cliff. A made-up wife. A friend pressured to take a fall. They aren’t part of the plot of a new thriller. Just the real stories of insurance fraud discovered by SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) last...
Canadians susceptible to three major fraud scams
March 13, 2021 – March is Fraud Prevention Month, and as a result, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is calling on Canadians to protect themselves from insurance fraud, particularly given the many scams that are circulating today due to the COVID-19 pandemic....