By Isaiah Mawhinney [1]
BELLEVILLE – March is Fraud Prevention Month across Canada.
The Competition Bureau of Canada [2] 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 [3] scams
- The romance scam
- Microsoft/computer scams
- Phishing/bank website scams
- Lottery scams.
The competition bureau has a list of tips [4] on how to avoid being scammed.
More to come.