Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre collects information on fraud and identity theft. We provide information on past and current frauds affecting Canadians.
Recent frauds
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre impersonation alert!
Fraudsters continue to impersonate Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) representatives. These fraudsters often claim to be investigating fraud or promise to help get your money back from a previous incident. They then request personal and financial information.
Remember! The CAFC does not contact individuals to request money. For more information, see Fraudsters impersonating the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
Services and information
Frauds by A-Z index
Alphabetical list of frauds
Frauds by medium
Browse frauds by delivery method
Frauds affecting individuals
Find out what frauds target individuals
Frauds affecting businesses
Find out what frauds target businesses
Protect yourself
Protect yourself from fraud
Report fraud
Report a fraud
What to do if you're a victim
Learn more about the actions to take after fraud
Fraud features
Learn more about frauds, trends, variations, alerts, success stories and more.
Annual reports
Access an annual overview of fraud in Canada and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre's activities.
Fraud Prevention Month 2026
How to better protect yourself from fraud by learning how to recognize, reject, and report it.
Maple Disruption 2025
Learn more about how cyber security partners are teaming up to shut fraud down.
Other online resources
- Cyber Choices
- Statistics Canada - Information for survey participants
- Get Smarter About Money
- Get Smarter About Crypto
- Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation
- Cyber Safe Guide for Small and Medium Business
- Get Cyber Safe
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Office of Consumer Affairs
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
- Interpol - Financial Crime
The impact of fraud so far this year
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In the news
- News release: Warning on FIFA World Cup™ themed frauds
March 30, 2026 - News release: Fraud Prevention Month to bring hidden crime into the spotlight
March 6, 2026 - INTERPOL-UNODC global summit ends with call to action against fraud surge
March 17, 2026 - Fraud prevention month highlights growing threat of organized scams across Ontario
March 4, 2026 - Scammer who targeted N.S. seniors gets 15 months of house arrest
March 3, 2026 - Hidden crime exposed: Authorities warn of digital fraud surge
March 2, 2026 - Two teens arrested for allegedly targeting and scamming seniors in Montreal and Sherbrooke
March 2, 2026 - Ces trois techniques sont utilisées par les fraudeurs pour vous manipuler (in French only)
February 26, 2026 - Arnaque sur Facebook : de fausses publicités de Justin Trudeau et François Legault lui font perdre 50 000$ (in French only)
February 25, 2026 - Des arnaqueurs jouent aux faux policiers (in French only)
February 24, 2026 - Arrêté pour fraude : un financier québécois déchu piégé par le FBI (in French only)
February 21, 2026
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