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
Browse scams by delivery method
Scams affecting individuals
Find out what scams target individuals
Scams affecting businesses
Find out what scams target businesses
Protect yourself
Protect yourself from scams and fraud
Report fraud
Report a scam or fraud
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.
Annual reports
Access an annual overview of fraud in Canada and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre's activities.
Other online resources
- 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
The impact of fraud so far this year
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Funds recovered with CAFC assistance
In the news
- Australie : un « geek » arrêté pour avoir créé une messagerie mondiale du crime (in French only)
Sept 18, 2024 - La fraude dans le secteur de l'automobile a augmenté de 54 %, selon Equifax (in French only)
Sept 24, 2024 - États-Unis : un Lavallois accusé de blanchiment d'argent international (in French only)
Sept 29, 2024 - World's police in technological arms race with Nigerian mafia
August 27, 2024 - New challenge seeks to tackle online crypto investment fraud with innovation
September 4, 2024 - Toronto Police Service Participates in Global Law Enforcement Operation Targeting West African Financial Crime
July 19, 2024 - Fraudsters impersonating the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
July 2, 2024
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