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Fraud

We're Asking Ottawa...

What are the top 3 scams reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre?

a) False promotion or solicitation, money transfer scams, prize scams

b) Identity theft, false charities, inheritance scams

c) Phishing scams, fake lottery e-mails, pyramid schemes

 The Right Answer: The answer is A. The top 3 scams reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre are  false promotion or solicitation, money transfer scams, and prize scams.  

 

The Ottawa Police Organized Fraud Section focuses on investigating fraud matters and trends that can be linked, Photo of a hand using a silver pen to write a chequetracked and documented. They also focus on fraud crime reduction through various proactive crime prevention strategies including: targeting organized crime groups, education, training and public outreach.

 They maintain external partnerships in the community and are available as resources to police officers and other related organizations.

Police officers in the Organized Fraud Section investigate all types of fraud including:

  • Fraud Against Seniors
  • Counterfeit (Currency and other Documents) Fraud
  • Credit Card and Debit Card Fraud
  • Social Assistance (Welfare) Fraud
  • Computer Fraud
  • Identity Theft
  • Corporate Fraud

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