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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In the news
- Funds Seized in Nigerian Romance and Crypto Investment Fraud Returned to Toronto Victim
December 9, 2024 - Fraude amoureuse et mafia africaine : un retraité a dilapidé ses économies en quelques mois (in French only)
November 20, 2024 - Enquête sur remise en liberté pour l'accusé d'une fraude amoureuse (in French only)
November 20, 2024 - GTA police investigating fraudulent tickets sold for Taylor Swift concerts in Toronto
November 18, 2024 - Montreal police say bank fraud schemes yield nearly $1M, 6 suspects arrested
November 21, 2024 - Fraude grands-parents: trois arrestations (in French only)
November 15, 2024 - Fraude de type grands-parents : trois personnes arrêtées par la SQ à Saint-Ambroise (in French only)
November 15, 2024 - Australie : un « geek » arrêté pour avoir créé une messagerie mondiale du crime (in French only)
September 18, 2024 - La fraude dans le secteur de l'automobile a augmenté de 54 %, selon Equifax (in French only)
September 24, 2024 - États-Unis : un Lavallois accusé de blanchiment d'argent international (in French only)
September 29, 2024
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