Stop Scamming Canadians

09/29/2026

... so after a long break, the scammers have changed their game once again, and are back to the tax refund scam. NEVER FORGET, you will never be required by Revenue Canada or your bank or your financial planner to ever login by a link provided in an email!

09/18/2026

With Cogeco Ontario – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

09/18/2026

These stories are all too common and getting more serious every day, please talk to your less "tech savvy" family and friends!!

REMEMBER THAT 99% OF ALL SCAMS CAN BE STOPPED IN THE FIRST 10 SECONDS, HANG UP, BLOCK AND DELETE!! TRUST NO ONE!

Guelph woman lost an estimated $800K to a bank investigator scam. Here's how to protect yourself.

09/17/2026

REMEMBER!! 99% OF ALL SCAMS CAN BE STOPPED IN THE FIRST 10 SECONDS! HANG UP! DELETE AND BLOCK, MARK AS SPAM, NEVER DIVULGE ANY INFORMATION!!

The FBI's new alert suggests that government impersonation scams have been getting an upgrade with the rise of AI.

09/09/2026

....remember, it's not just suspicious emails, texts and phone calls you need to be concerned with!! It's sad to think that you have to be suspicious about every single interaction, both personal and electronic, that you have, but it appears we're heading that way...

Canada's romance fraud losses topped $54M in 2025. Here's how to spot the red flags before sending money.

09/09/2026

So, apparently my Amazon Prime subscription needs new credit card information, but I'm supposed to send it to a guy named [email protected]!

Remember, Mark as Junk and delete!!

09/04/2026

So it appears that the Cogeco Ontario billing scam is back again, third time this year I believe, but this time they're not even trying, the generating email is "[email protected]"

***ALWAYS CHECK THE ORIGINATING EMAIL, NEVER CLICK ON LINKS, DELETE AND BLOCK!!***

08/31/2026

There are always good news stories about catching these people, but sadly for every one that's caught, there's 1000 more hiding in the darkness.

Expect Nigeria to do nothing about this criminal or the scamming industry in general, there are too many bribes to be paid and too much corruption, an investigation and persecution requires resources that they either don't have or chose to allocate.

08/24/2026

This was dropped into my inbox today, and it is clearly a scam on many many levels!!

Remember: 99% of all scams can be stopped in the first 10 seconds, delete it, block it, hang up the call, block the text and restart browser if a pop up occurs!!

05/07/2026

CRA WILL NEVER CONTACT YOU THIS WAY!! NEVER CLICK ON ANY LINK IN AN EMAIL OR TEXT FROM CRA, ONLY LOGIN VIA THE PORTAL VIA AN AUTHORIZED SIGN-IN PARTNER!!!

A Canada Revenue Agency spokesperson says a phishing campaign is ongoing by scammers who are impersonating the CRA. There are ways to spot the scam.