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
- News release: Canadian Anti-fraud Centre and U.S. Secret Service freeze fraudulent transfer
February 21, 2024 - Charges Laid in International Fraud and Cybercrime Investigation
December 22, 2023 - Fraude: voici 9 arnaques à éviter à l'approche des Fêtes (in French only)
December 19, 2023 - Ils fraudent pour 3 M$ en cartes-cadeaux de Home Depot (in French only)
December 14, 2023 - Six men arrested in York Region gift card fraud bust worth over $3 million
December 14, 2023 - How Islanders can avoid this year's 12 most common holiday scams
December 14, 2023 - Débâcle du PlexCoin: Dominic Lacroix reconnu coupable d'avoir floué des investisseurs pour environ 15M$ (in French only)
December 11, 2023 - Toronto man arrested for allegedly scamming woman into handing $7,500 to bail out grandson
December 9, 2023 - L'arnaqueur des sites de rencontres aurait fait trois autres victimes (in French only)
December 5, 2023 - Paper trail ends in jail time for 1,013 money mules
December 4, 2023 - Les criminels vont utiliser davantage les cryptomonnaies, selon le CANAFE (in French only)
December 4, 2023
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