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  • Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
    Telephone: 1-888-495-8501
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    Telephone: 613-993-2999
  • Competition Bureau Canada
    Telephone: 819-994-5945
  • Ontario Provincial Police
    Telephone: (705) 329-6860

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New Releases 2011

  • December 2011

    Season’s Thievings: ID fraud and holiday shopping. This holiday season, be a Scrooge with your personal information. Keep your shopping joyous by taking a few extra precautions. Read more December 2011 seaons's thievings

  • September 29, 2011

    The virus scam has grown to epidemic proportions in Canada, now accounting for between 70 and 80 per cent of frauds reported daily to the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre (CAFC). Read more September 29, 2011 virus scam

  • February 28, 2011

    Fraud related offences are now thought to be as profitable as drug related offences, estimated at between $10 and $30 billion annually in Canada by the RCMP’s Commercial Crime Branch. The majority of these crimes aren’t committed by kids at their computers, almost 80% are the work of criminal organizations Read moreFebruary 28, 2011

  • February 2011

    8th Annual Integrated Law Enforcement and Private Sector Fraud Workshop February 1st – 3rd 2011 in North Bay, Ontario Read moreFebruary, 2011

  • January 2011

    Fraud Alert! The three digits criminals want! Increased popularity in Internet, telephone and mail shopping means an increase in transactions where both the cardholder and the credit card are not present. This creates opportunities for “card not present” fraud, an old scam resurfacing in various parts of the country. Read more card not present fraud

New Releases 2010