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
- Fraudsters impersonating the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
July 2, 2024 - Warning on crypto and romance frauds
May 28, 2024 - New Canadians twice as likely to fall victim to fraud
April 16, 2024 - Man arrested in investment scam
April 26, 2024 - Canada's 'psychic' swindler is off to prison but experts say we're failing to prosecute this type of fraud.
April 22, 2024 - Here's how Canada's Big Six banks are responding to the 'grandparent scam'
October 16, 2023 - International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost
April 18, 2024 - Condamné à 23 mois de prison pour avoir fraudé 27 aînés (in French only)
April 12, 2024 - Canadian con artist sentenced to 10 years for $175M psychic mail fraud in U.S.
April 16, 2024 - Fraudée en ligne : Une lourde perte pour une Montréalaise (in French only)
April 21, 2024
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