Centre of Operations Linked to Telemarketing Fraud (COLT)

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What is COLT?

In 1998, the RCMP Commercial Crime Section in Montreal launched an integrated project to combat mass marketing fraud. The Centre of Operations Linked to Telemarketing Fraud (COLT) is a joint forces operation involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Sûreté du Québec (SQ), City of Montréal Police Service (SPVM), Competition Bureau, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (Immigration & Customs Enforcement), US Postal Inspection Service and US Federal Trade Commission. The COLT team also works in close cooperation with Canada Post, Canada Revenue Agency and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Call Centre.

Mission

The COLT mission is threefold: offer prevention and education programs, carry out interception operations and conduct mass marketing fraud investigations.

The COLT team is tasked with investigating mass marketing fraud operations based in the greater Montreal area. Through prevention and education programs, it also aims to be proactive in putting an end to fraudulent activities and raising public awareness about this type of crime.

To find out more about mass marketing fraud

• Scams and Fraud
• Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
  1 888 495-8501
• Competition Bureau
  1 800 348-5358
• Centre of Operations Linked to Telemarketing Fraud (COLT )
  514-939-8304 or 1 800 771-5401
  dc-ccsmtl@rcmp-grc.gc.ca