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
- Self-reported fraud in Canada, 2019
- Statistics Canada - Information for survey participants
- Get Smarter About Money
- Get Smarter About Crypto
- Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police: Mass Marketing Fraud Campaign
- 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
- Consumer Measures Committee
- 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
- Un réseau d'arnaqueurs internationaux derrière les fausses pilules pour maigrir (in French only)
September 22, 2023 - Fraude : des menaces liées à la cyberpornographie par courriel (in French only)
September 21, 2023 - Lottery scam targeted older adults in Canada, Brampton man arrested: police
September 19, 2023 - Nearly half of Canadians targeted by fraud in first half of 2023: TransUnion survey
September 17, 2023 - Thailand threatens to ban Facebook over misleading scam ads
August 22, 2023 - La fraude des Marcel: une femme condamnée à trois ans d'emprisonnement (in French only)
August 15, 2023 - Closing ranks on West African organized crime: more than EUR 2 million seized in Operation Jackal
August 8, 2023 - Gestion de la fraude, pain quotidien des hôteliers (in French only)
August 7, 2023 - CryptoRom scammers exploit AI to target iPhone and Android users
August 2, 2023 - Investor who lost $740K to Ontario's Crypto King among 5 men charged with kidnapping him
July 17, 2023
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