The frauds listed at this link have been compiled by the Federal Government of Canada and the list is intended as a navigational aide, not as a comprehensive or official list of all scams affecting Canadians.
To view the site and for more information on the Frauds and scams listed go to Scams by A-Z index. Many of the Frauds I have listed are aimed at certain groups in the population. Some I am not familiar with, but others I am. Listing the site can help but it is up to you to go to the link and find out the information you need to protect yourself.
A
Air duct cleaning
Asian community, telephone calls targeting the
B
Bank investigator
Bomb threat
Business executive spoofs and wire fraud
Business grants and loans
Business opportunity
Business proposals, fake
C
Canada Revenue Agency
Car wrapping
Card-not-present
Charity
Collection agency
Continuity
Counterfeit merchandise
D
Denial of Service (DOS)
Directory
Donation
E
Emergency
Explicit video
Extortion
F
Fake business proposals
Fake grant
Financial agent
Financial industry client spoof
Foreign lottery
Foreign money offers
Franchise opportunity
G
Gem
Government documents, help with
Grant
H
Head office spoof
Hitman
Hostage
Hydro
I
Identity theft and fraud
Immigration extortion
Immigration website
Inheritance
Initial Coin Offerings
Investment
J
Job
Job: counterfeit cheque
L
Loan
Lottery, foreign
Low interest rate offers
M
Merchandise
Money offers, foreign
Mystery shopper
O
Office supplies
P
Pardon
Payroll spoof
Personal information
Phishing
Ponzi
Prize
Prize winner call
Psychic
Pump and dump
Pyramid
R
Ransomware
Recovery pitch
Resale
Romance
S
Sale of merchandise
Service
Sextortion
Sim card swap
Spear phishing
Subscription trap
Supplier/contractor swindle
T
Taxpayer
Tech support
Telephone calls targeting the Asian community
Timeshare
Timeshare resale
V
Vacation
Video, explicit
W
Weight loss grants
All of the links
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