Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre collects information on fraud and identity theft. We provide information on past and current scams affecting Canadians. If you think you're a victim of fraud, report it!
Recent scams and fraud
Services and information
Scams by A-Z index
Alphabetical list of scams
Scams by medium
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Scams affecting individuals
Find out what scams target individuals
Scams affecting businesses
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Protect yourself
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Report fraud
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What to do if you're a victim
Learn more about the actions to take after fraud
Fraud features
Learn more about fraud, scams, trends, variations, alerts, success stories and more.
Other online resources
- Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police: Mass Marketing Fraud Campaign
- 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
- Consumer Measures Committee
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
The impact of fraud so far this year
As of April 30, 2022
- Reports of fraud:
29,294
(106,875 in 2021) - Victims of fraud:
18,609
(67,865 in 2021) - Lost to fraud:
$163.9 M
($380 M in 2021)
Funds recovered with CAFC assistance
As of May 1, 2022
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$991,186
($3.35 million in 2021)
In the news
- Three Suspects Charged in Alleged Grandparent Scam Crime Ring
May 18, 2022 - Cryptocurrency Scams Advisory
May 2, 2022 - RCMP warn of a cyber-scam where a scammer is impersonating an RCMP officer
April 29, 2022 - Global Operation Disrupts Business Email Compromise Schemes
March 30, 2022 - Countering the rise of cryptocurrency fraud
March 23, 2022 - Fraude : leur maison à louer sur Internet à leur insu (In French only)
March 9, 2022 - Fraude à Gatineau : deux jeunes de Montréal et de Laval épinglés (In French only)
March 9, 2022 - Promises of high Crypto investment returns too good to be true
March 8, 2022
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