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Are you 55 years of age or older and want to learn how to protect yourself from investment fraud? Here are some tips courtesy of
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Are you 55 years of age or older and want to learn how to protect yourself from investment fraud? Here are some tips courtesy of
By James MacTavish at Alberta Securities Commission This article was originally published on the Alberta Securities Commission’s (ASC) investor education website CheckFirst.ca. The ASC is the regulatory
By James MacTavish at Alberta Securities Commission This article was originally published on the Alberta Securities Commission’s (ASC) investor education website CheckFirst.ca. The ASC is the regulatory
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) is receiving reports of a violent extortion text message. The message threatens that if a payment is not sent, you
St. Albert, RCMP are warning citizens about distraction fraud scams due to two incidents that occurred the last month involving theft/attempted theft of individual’s purses
Increasingly, fraud networks are recruiting unsuspecting fraud victims to receive and transfer money from other victims. When this happens, the victim becomes a money mule.
WHAT IS A SCAM? Here are definitions for some of the common terms we use throughout the Senior Fraud Alert course: There are two new
Timeshare scammers call an individual and offer to sell the individual’s timeshare (if they have one). Timeshare fraudsters often promise that sale of the timeshare
Social media crypto extortion scams involve fraudsters hacking into Instagram accounts and demanding that victims record a video of themselves promoting fake cryptocurrency platforms so
Bank investigator scams are when a fraudster poses as a representative from a financial institution or law enforcement agency and claims that there has been
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