Cyberfraud

Nanaimo RCMP receive numerous reports related to spoof calls, where a fraudster is able to use a seemingly legitimate phone number to take advantage of a victim. (News Bulletin photo)

Officials in Nanaimo warn of scam calls from seemingly legit phone numbers

Nanaimo RCMP estimates 20 complaints of call ID spoofing made a month

 

A woman types on a laptop on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn’t. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane

‘Recovery scams’ targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn

RCMP report 52,306 complaints in 2020-21, a 510 per cent increase in seven years

 

The Snapchat app appears on a mobile device in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Richard Drew

Advocates, B.C. police warn online ‘sextortion’ of youth is on the rise

Majority of reported victims boys and young men between the ages of 15 and 25

 

Lianna McDonald, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection based out of Winnipeg, poses in Winnipeg on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone

‘A wake-up call’: Online crimes see stark increase during COVID-19 pandemic

Threats and harassment are moving online, according to police

Lianna McDonald, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection based out of Winnipeg, poses in Winnipeg on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone
Image used in a blackmail attempt, showing a person in a grey ski mask. (Burnaby RCMP photo)

B.C. RCMP issue warning after threatening blackmail incidents tied to online dating

Police call threatening videos used in the Lower Mainland ‘graphic and alarming’

Image used in a blackmail attempt, showing a person in a grey ski mask. (Burnaby RCMP photo)
Derek Lints wipes away tears as he speaks about his son Daniel, 17, at his home in Pilot Mound, Man., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Daniel Lints was sexually exploited online in February and committed suicide as a result. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

“World lost a good person:” Parents warn of global sextortion targeting teens

17-year-old was coerced into sending an explicit image to who he thought was a woman on Snapchat

Derek Lints wipes away tears as he speaks about his son Daniel, 17, at his home in Pilot Mound, Man., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Daniel Lints was sexually exploited online in February and committed suicide as a result. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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3 Parksville Qualicum Beach residents defrauded out of thousands of dollars

Trio of separate reports made to Oceanside RCMP between Jan. 25 to Jan. 28

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The Oceanside RCMP detachment, 727 Island Highway West in Parksville. (PQB file photo)

Fraudsters ‘spoof’ Oceanside RCMP number to lure resident into cryptocurrency scam

Detachment in Parskville receives numerous complaints

The Oceanside RCMP detachment, 727 Island Highway West in Parksville. (PQB file photo)
Sent to Andrea DeMeer, Oct. 14, seven days after the romance began and four hours after the gift cards were promised but not sent. Scammer then blocked on Messenger.

LOVE HURTS: Black Press Media journalist goes inside a romance scam

Run by organized crime, these traps can be financially devastating and even fatal

Sent to Andrea DeMeer, Oct. 14, seven days after the romance began and four hours after the gift cards were promised but not sent. Scammer then blocked on Messenger.
Campbell River RCMP have receive multiple complains in August 2021 of a new internet extortion scheme. Pixabay image

Don’t get naked on the internet for strangers, B.C. Mounties warn

RCMP say lurid online scheme being used to blackmail British Columbians

Campbell River RCMP have receive multiple complains in August 2021 of a new internet extortion scheme. Pixabay image
Canada Revenue Agency suspends online services after cyberattacks

Canada Revenue Agency suspends online services after cyberattacks

Many of the hacked CRA accounts were targeted as part of a broader ‘credential stuffing’ attack

Canada Revenue Agency suspends online services after cyberattacks
A Victoria woman lost $4,000 after scammers convinced her to convert money into bitcoin. (Unsplash photo)

Victoria woman loses $4,000 to ‘agressive, manipulative and convincing’ bitcoin CRA scam

VicPD officer receives scam call himself while investigating case

A Victoria woman lost $4,000 after scammers convinced her to convert money into bitcoin. (Unsplash photo)
Saanich police are hoping to help residents avoid romance scams by revealing the most common red fags. (Pixabay)

Don’t be blinded by love: Saanich police warn of online dating red flags

Canadians lost about $25 million to romance scams in 2018

Saanich police are hoping to help residents avoid romance scams by revealing the most common red fags. (Pixabay)