Red Flags: Supporting Seniors and a Nation victimized by Fraud

About our Guest

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre collects information on fraud and identity theft.

https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm

The CAFC involves the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Competition Bureau Canada, and the Ontario Provincial Police  and recently come together with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security  to fight fraud and cybercrime. 

Report Fraud

Call the CAFC Toll free: 1-888-495-8501 Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 4:45 pm (Eastern time) and close on holidays.

Online with the RCMP 

Mentioned in this episode:

(KYC) Know Your Customer or Know Your Client

Organizations that deal with large amounts of money are required to follow regulations related to the control of the proceeds of crime and terrorist financing. In Canada this is FINTRAC and you can find out more here.

https://www.fintrac-canafe.gc.ca/guidance-directives/client-clientele/1-eng

You can find out more about the KYC requirements of other countries here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer

Other:

The introduction for this episode was from the film " How to Use the Dial Phone" By AT&T in 1927 and preserve by the Prelinger Archive at archive.org. https://archive.org/details/HowtoUse1927

This was our 2 year anniversary. Yay Us.