Scams & fraud

Tips to protect yourself from counterfeit goods

Tips to protect yourself from buying counterfeit goods

When you’re shopping online it can sometimes be easy to mistake a fake website for a legitimate one and end up purchasing counterfeit goods. Often when a deal seems “too good to be true”, it usually is. We’ve put together some tips from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) to help you avoid purchasing counterfeit or “fake” goods online.

Booking travel online: 3 red flags of travel fraud

With so many online booking sites these days, it can be difficult to figure out which ones are legitimate and which ones are not. This is why it’s important to be aware of some of the warning signs of cyber fraud that targets people booking their travel plans online.