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  1. Mar 20, 2021 · The BBB says home-improvement scams often see fraudsters acting as contractors to offer low prices or a short time frame to do renovations. The fake contractors use high-pressure sales...

  2. Dec 23, 2021 · Number five is the services scam at $4.8 million in losses, where scammers will pretend to offer a service such as phone plans, credit cards or insurance hoping to steal your personal information...

    • Wire Fraud
    • Sale of Merchandise and Services Scam
    • Spear Phishing
    • Extortion
    • Directory Scams
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    Complaints: 273* Victims: 70 Amount lost: $11,121,222.70 Canadian businesses are currently being targeted by two types of wire fraud: 1. Business executive scam (also known as the business email compromise): Here, an employee authorized to make wire transfers receives an email that looks like it came from an executivein the company. (In some cases,...

    Complaints: 277* Victims:177 Amount lost: $875,989.08 These scams involve any kind of merchandise or service that is being sold—usually online. Most of the time, it’s through business websites and online classified ads, says Thomson. Typically, the scammer contacts the seller, retailer or online merchant to buy their product or service. The scammer...

    Complaints: 78* Victims: 34 Amount lost: $263,219.79 Like individuals, businesses can be targeted by spear phishing. Typically, someone within the business receives a spoofed request that appears to come from a known sender such as a boss, co-worker or client. The email asks them to buy prepaid gift cards, such as iTunes, Google, Amazon, etc., and ...

    Number of complaints: 347* Victims: 28 Amount lost: $105,865 Extortion scams include ransomware, hydro extortion and email extortion campaigns. Ransomware:This is the most common type of extortion scam targeting businesses. Ransomware is a kind of malicious software that will block access to a computer until a sum of money is paid. Often, a compute...

    Complaints: 211* Victims: 18 Amount lost: $12,759 In these types of scams, fraudsters call a business asking to confirm its address, telephone number and other details. The business then receives an invoice for a directory, publication or listing it never ordered or authorized. Often, the accounting department will make the payment, not realizing t...

    CPA Canada has a number of resources that can help, including The big scammers can ruin your life and your business and How to protect your smart phone. You can also organize a fraud protection sessionin your community with a CPA Canada volunteer.

  3. Mar 30, 2023 · How the scam works: Home improvement scams can start with a knock on the door, a flyer, or an ad. The contractor may offer a low price or a short timeframe.

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