Financial scams may be evolving rapidly, but so is our ability to prevent them. With a bit of awareness and a few simple ...
A Brampton man has been charged in connection with an alleged international computer technical support scam that Peel Regional Police claim deceived 330 Canadians, resulting in losses estimated at ...
A senior from Perth County has lost $320,000 because of a computer pop-up scam, police say. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are now asking the public for help identifying the suspects who ...
“People will be looking for ways to alleviate their burdens,” Valesquez says of 2026. “So when they get a [message] that says ...
Credit: INPS. INPS recently warned users of a new phishing campaign that uses its name to trick users into interacting ...
ORILLIA - OPP are warning Orillia and Ramara residents about a computer scam reported by seven residents. “In the scheme, company representatives cold call individuals and state that, for example, ...
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports of a computer scam that’s targeting seniors throughout the county, including one report of an individual who lost over ...
1:39 Young adults are bigger targets of online scams than seniors, study finds A new survey has found nearly one-third of Canadian young adults have been victims of an online scam, despite being part ...
Residents are being warned that a computer scam making the rounds locally has “grown to epidemic proportions” across Canada, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. Telephones have been ringing ...
Scammers create fake profiles on dating sites, click on your profile to show they're interested, and slowly draw you into ...
WILLMAR - Local law enforcement warns of a phone scam sweeping the area in which the caller claims to be from Microsoft and asks for access to computer files and money to repair a virus. A number of ...
While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...