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  Canada's top ten scams in 2018 include romance, tax schemes

  The biggest scams of 2018 cost Canadians approximately $121 million, according to a list compiled by the Better Business Bureau. Romance scams, for example, duped people out of $22.5 million, with fake income tax extortions costing people $6 million.

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  Phone scam targets people new to Canada by threatening deportation

  People new to Canada are being targeted by a phone scam claiming they will be deported if they do not pay up, often in untraceable currencies such as Bitcoin.

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  Canadian man sentenced for US$18M telemarketing scam

  A Canadian con man who bilked at least 60,000 U.S. residents through a cross-border telemarketing scheme has been sentenced to federal prison. A judge in Los Angeles sentenced Mark Wilson on Monday to more than 11 years behind bars.

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  RCMP: Mystery caller demanding sexy talk from female victims in B.C.

  A suspected telephone predator is calling women and threatening to kill them if they don’t engage in sexually explicit conversations, according to a warning put out by RCMP in B.C.

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  Don't call back: 'One ring scam' targets phones across Canada

  A scam that loads hefty fees onto your phone bill is resurfacing across Canada. The fraudsters behind the so-called “one ring scam” place calls that appear to originate overseas and hang up quickly.

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  'Dishonest bank teller' scam bilks Ont. woman out of $6K

  A Toronto-area woman is out nearly $6,000 after falling victim to a “dishonest teller” scam that convinced her to wire money overseas.

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  N.B. couple swamped with phone calls after rebuffing fraudster

  A New Brunswick couple has been bombarded with phone calls from across the United States, all because they upset a telemarketing scam artist.

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  India call centre raid leads to steep drop in CRA scams: RCMP

  The RCMP are crediting a raid on a massive collection of call centres in India with a steep drop in the number of complaints from Canadians about a scam involving callers who claim to be from the Canada Revenue Agency.

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  Phone scam targets Syrian refugees, N.B. consumer protection agency warns

  New Brunswick's consumer protection organization is warning the public about a series of phone scams targeting women, small businesses and Syrian refugees.

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  Halifax police warn of fraudsters posing as Canada Revenue Agency

  Halifax police are warning residents about a telephone scam involving callers who claim to be with the Canada Revenue Agency.