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Dec 23, 2021 · Canadians lost more than $100 million due to scams in 2021 and these were the top five tactics that people fell for this year.
- Job Scams on The Rise
- Cryptocurrency Transactions
- 'My Heart and My Stomach Just sank'
- Stolen Website and Parent Company
- 'This Is A New Digital World'
Job scams are on the rise and becoming more sophisticated, said Jeff Thomson, senior RCMP intelligence analyst at the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. In 2019, the centre received more than 2,400 job-related fraud reports, he said. The number of reports counted in 2020 is already more than 2,300 — and that's only up to July. With more people losing thei...
"It is quite simple: you will need to buy domains, hosting for websites, pay for various tools that they need in their work," Nancy wrote in a message Ashley screengrabbed and provided to CBC News. To do that, Nancy wrote, "we will carry out the task of replenishing your work wallet" using Ethereum, or "Ether" — a cryptocurrency much like bitcoin. ...
Still standing beside the ATM, Ashley listened as this "kind soul" returned their call. "He's like, 'Hey guys, I looked into it for you ... and this company doesn't exist. Like, it's nowhere in the building,'" she said. "My heart and my stomach just sank." Thomson at the anti-fraud centre said they've received another similar, anonymous report from...
CBC News investigated Gux-IT and found its website had been stolen — copied almost word for word, including the design, the description of the company's services and even employee photos — from a company called Synebo based in Odessa, Ukraine. The fraudsters substituted the name Gux-IT, or just "Gux, " wherever Synebo is mentioned. When reached by ...
Ellis reported it to his local police force immediately after speaking to CBC News. "Unfortunately the local police have informed me that they have no resources to take down the website or even do anything but open a file," he wrote in an email. "I find it sickening that criminals keep finding more complex ways to fool and fraud people with relativ...
- SIN SCAM. In this con, victims get a call from someone pretending to be from Service Canada or another government agency, saying their social insurance number (SIN) has been blocked, compromised or suspended.
- EMAIL MONEY TRANSFER FRAUD. Email money transfer is often seen as a quick and secure method for transferring funds—which is probably why more than 371 million e-transfers worth more than $132 billion were made in Canada last year, according to figures from Interac Corp.
- WHATSAPP BREACH. Although the popular messaging tool WhatsApp features end-to end encryption, it still fell victim to a recent security breach that involved injecting malware onto victims’ phones.
- BANK INVESTIGATOR SCAM. This is a type of fraud that has many variations, but several commonalities as well. Victims receive a call from a fraudster—for example, posing as a store employee inquiring about a recent purchase on their credit card—and are often asked to immediately call the number on the back of their card to verify the validity of the initial call.
- LOOKING FOR LOGIN INFO. Scammers don’t always solicit money; these days, they might go after your personal info as well. As Thomson points out, the CAFC has been seeing an increase in scams where the perpetrators are seeking the victim’s login credentials for various apps and online services, including Amazon or Netflix.
- PACKAGE DELIVERY SCAM. In this scheme, which has been making the rounds in the U.K. and elsewhere, a phone or other high-value item is delivered to your door.
- RANSOMWARE MEETS DATA EXFILTRATION. Falling victim to a ransomware attack has long been one of a computer user’s worst nightmares. The term ransomware—also called malware—refers to a malicious type of software that is used to infect a computer, denying access to the system or data.
May 31, 2021 · It’s a scam, one that has been tried before. An alert from the Louisiana State Bar warns about letters sent to people in that state supposedly from an Ontario Law Firm about a large inheritance from a distant relative.
May 27, 2019 · 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.
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