Keep an eye out for fraud in March

By Isaiah Mawhinney

BELLEVILLE – March is Fraud Prevention Month across Canada.

The Competition Bureau of Canada and 125 law-enforcement agencies across the country are joining forces to spread awareness of fraud prevention.

This year’s Fraud Prevention Month will focus on five main topics:

• Emergency/Canada Revenue Agency scams
• The romance scam
• Microsoft/computer scams
• Phishing/bank website scams
• Lottery scams.

The competition bureau has a list of tips on how to avoid being scammed.

More to come.

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