March is Fraud Prevention Month, and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) will be sharing a “Scam of the Day” every weekday for the month of March. We will be sharing these scams, with the hopes of educating the public and preventing a few fraud cases. 2015 Quick Facts on Scams (Stats are for Canada): In…
A 25 year-old Regina female is facing a total of 43 charges, mostly pertaining to fraud and the unauthorized use of credit card information, as the result of a lengthy and complicated investigation. The Regina Police Service has been investigating a series of criminal offences from November 2015 including frauds, possession of stolen property and…
The Regina Police Service would like the public and business employees to be aware of a new credit card fraud. The Regina Police Service has seen a significant rise in credit card frauds, where the suspect attempts to use a non-working credit card. The pin pad indicates a chip malfunction when the chip is inserted…
There are many legitimate dating websites on the internet. Unfortunately, all of them are vulnerable to the SCAM ARTIST. Over the years many victims have been scammed by mates they met on these dating websites. It is, almost always, difficult to convince the victim that their potential mates scammed them. The suspect is so smooth…
The Regina Police Service is repeating its warning about the so-called “CRA Scam”. On Friday, December 4, 2015, by mid-afternoon, the RPS Communications Centre had received approximately 25 calls from concerned citizens, reporting they’ve received phone calls from persons claiming to work for the CRA, or Canada Revenue Agency. The Canada Revenue Agency has issued…