We chose this website because of the useful tips coming from the RCMP and them promoting their social media to encourage people to educate themselves on different types of fraud. We found the amount of money lost due to fraud astonishing. Every year, there are different way for people to be scammed meaning even more money lost.

 

We chose this website because of its in-depth details of a survey conducted to analyze how the population feel about fraud and identity theft. We found it interesting and surprising that Gen Z doesn’t feel that fraud is a serious issue. But that they also feel that the government needs to do more educating on the topic.

 

This website is a great tool to be educated on not only identity fraud but every type of fraud. We found it interesting that the website offers tips on how to be protected by all types of fraud. They also offer a tool to report fraud to help bring awareness to the type of scam.

What we found interesting is the amount of people who have no idea they have fallen victim. It isn’t until you get calls from collection agencies about bills you have no idea exist or mail stating you have been excepted for credit you never applied for. The number of cases in 2014 had doubled since 2008. The internet has become a huge factor in numbers increasing over the years. Jeffery gives tips on how to avoid this situation, one being strong passwords, avoid using birthdays, spouse’s names, etc. and changing them frequently is important.

What is interesting about this is how “normal” she looks, which was a huge advantage for her, and no one suspected her until it was too late. However, there were several documents with different spellings of her name which makes it still up for debate whether that was her real name or not. She was able to make it look easy stealing social insurance numbers and essentially “cloning” people’s identity.  

Watching this video, we are reminded how many steps ahead scammers are, even to the Police. They shut one down and another one is right behind it, or even already in motion. Sgt. Frederikson states how your identity could be work even more than the money in your bank account. Back in the day it used to just be about getting your money, now its about using your identity to lease vehicles, apply for credit cards and so much more. As more and more are done online, it is making it harder to find out sooner then later whether you have become a victim, we used to receive everything in the mail years ago making it easier to stop something before it happened.  

In August 2020, just a few months since the pandemic started, the Canadian Anti-Fraud centre had received more then 700 complaints about identity fraud, most people in being affected in Quebec. Scammers were able to hack into victim’s accounts and accept cheques on behalf of other people, and though the government said they will receive the money they deserve; they have no idea when things would be fixed, hurting the victims even more. Its sad to see that during such hard times, people still thrive off the vulnerability of people, making their lives even harder.

 

We chose this article because of how easy it can be for fraudsters to begin a transaction with a fraudulent ID. Luckily, the employees were trained enough to identify a fraudulent person and he was stopped before it was too late.