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.
Fraud Prevention Month 2025
How to better protect yourself from fraud by learning how to recognize, reject, and report it.
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Other online resources
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ontario Provincial Police
Competition Bureau Canada
- Statistics Canada – Information for survey particitspan
- Get Smarter About Money
- Get Smarter About Crypto
- Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
- Cyber Safe Guide for Small and Medium Business
- Get Cyber Safe
- mmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Office of Consumer Affairs
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
The impact of fraud so far this year
As of March 31, 2025
Reports processed:
12,815
(51,616 in 2024)
Victims of fraud:
9,092
(36,199 in 2024)
Lost to fraud:
$165 M
($648 M in 2024)
In the news
$1.2M lost across Canada in complex, fake Amazon job investment scam
April 3, 2025
In fast-growing Alberta, job seekers have lost millions to employment scams since 2022
March 24, 2025
En Alberta, les fraudeurs ont multiplié leurs gains par dix en deux ans (in French only)
March 24, 2025
L’importance du mois de la prévention contre la fraude, face à l’augmentation des cas au Canada (in French only)
March 19, 2025
Canadians losing millions to investment scams: CSA, CAFC and RCMP urge vigilance and reporting
March 13, 2025
Fraud is everywhere:’ Experts give tips to avoid scams
March 12, 2025
More awareness needed for Fraud Prevention Month
March 5, 2025
Toronto Police Service Kicks Off Fraud Prevention Month and Reveals Top Five Frauds in Toronto
March 5, 2025
Fraud Prevention Month to focus on impersonation fraud, one of the fastest growing forms of fraud
February 28, 2025
Date modified: 2025-05-01