Check out the CRTC’s Telemarketing Consumer Alerts to help identify spoofed calls.Register your telephone number on the National Do Not Call List.Never provide personal information such as your SIN, account numbers, passwords or other identifying information in response to unexpected calls.If you get a call from a person saying they represent a company or government agency and asking for personal information, hang up and call the number on your account statement or on the company or government agency’s website to verify.“It may say ‘Police’ or ‘ABC’, but in reality, it is actually a scammer,” warns Thomson. As the CRTC explains, “Victims who provide their personal information to fraudsters are at risk of identity fraud.” Typically, the person on the line will ask for SIN and other personal info, such as date of birth, address and so on. The call might be one of the latest variations on caller ID spoofing-a scam in which fraudsters disguise the number seen of the ID display in order to trick victims into answering the phone and trusting the caller. In this con, victims get a call from someone pretending to be from Service Canada or another government agency, saying their social insurance number (SIN) has been blocked, compromised or suspended. Here are some of the latest scams to keep on your watch list. Canadians need to continue to be vigilant when receiving calls, emails or text messages from unknown senders.” So far in 2019, the CAFC has received more than 20,000 reports involving more than $43 million in losses. In fact, there never seems to be an end to the stream of scams being devised.Īs Jeff Thomson, manager of the fraud prevention and intake unit at the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, points out, “Fraudsters are always targeting Canada with new scams and old scams. Money never sleeps-and neither does fraud. In the “bank investigator” scam, victims receive a call from a fraudster-for example, posing as a store employee inquiring about a recent purchase on their credit card-and are often asked to immediately call the number on the back of their card to verify the validity of the initial call (Getty Images/martin-dm)
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