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Get to know the most popular scams hitting Canadians coast to coast.
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Canada Revenue Agency
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html
Crime Prevention Association of Toronto (CPAT)
http://www.cpatoronto.org/main.htm
Bank of Canada
http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/index.html
The Office of Consumer Affairs – Canadian Consumer Information Gateway
http://www.consumerinformation.ca/
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada – Protecting Your Personal Information
http://www.privcom.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_12_e.asp
Ontario Provincial Police – Fraud: Recognize it, Report it, Stop it!
http://www.opp.ca/Organization/InvestigationsOrganizedCrime/opp_000494.html
RCMP – Scams and Fraud
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/index-eng.htm
Retail Council of Canada
http://www.retailcouncil.org/
Service Alberta – Consumer Tipsheet
http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/1019.cfm
Service Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/
Sûreté du Québec – Prévention de la fraude
http://www.suretequebec.gouv.qc.ca/prevention/fraude.html
(* Link available in french only)