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 supports OPP in major grandparent fraud investigation
April 18, 2024 - World leaders at London summit agree on unity to fight fraud
March 11, 2024 - Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says education powerful tool for avoiding fraud
March 4, 2024 - From Kyiv, with fraud: Why Canada is a main target of investment scammers
March 4, 2024 - How police, U.S. secret service helped an Ont. business being scammed out of $615K
February 26, 2024 - Le Canada, « cible numéro un » de fraudeurs internationaux (in French only)
February 23, 2024 - News release: Canadian Anti-fraud Centre and U.S. Secret Service freeze fraudulent transfer
February 21, 2024 - L'extradition demandée pour un Québécois qui aurait fraudé plus de 100 000 Américains (in French only)
February 9, 2024 - Arrêté avec 64 000$: un fraudeur d'aînés sans scrupule de Laval plaide coupable (in French only)
February 7, 2024 - Deux fraudeurs plaident coupables d'avoir arnaqué et volé deux aînées à Laval (in French only)
February 5, 2024
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