Fraud

KnowledgeNet – Cyber Safety

Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse New self-paced #CyberSafety Course by seniors for seniors: Project KnowledgeNet by KnowledgeFlow – Canada’s Cybersafety Foundation aims to help older people recognize and respond to digital threats effectively through real-life scenarios and interactive learning tools. Learn more and sign up for this one-hour course. knowledgeflow.org KnowledgeNet | […]

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KnowledgeNet- How to Recognize Digital Threats

Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse New self-paced #CyberSafety Course by seniors for seniors: Project KnowledgeNet by KnowledgeFlow – Canada’s Cybersafety Foundation aims to help older people recognize and respond to digital threats effectively through real-life scenarios and interactive learning tools. Learn more and sign up for this one-hour course at

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Halton Region Police Service: Beware of Gift Cards as Payments Scams

The Halton region Police Service have seen a significant increase in the fraudulent use of “gift cards” for payment scams, with many vicitm’s purchasing two to five thousand dollars in gift cards and providing the pin/ codes from the cards to fraudsters before they realize they are being victimized. If someone requests a gift card

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The Little Black Book of Scams First and Second Editions.

Here are 2 links that you may find to be useful. The Competition Bureau of Canada published the first edition in 2012 and the second edition in 2018, so some of you may have it or have seen the hard copies already. https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/03074.html https://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/04333.html If not, we recommend that you check it out, it’s an easy and entertaining

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