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TORONTO — A new study suggests there's been an uptick in phone scams in Canada, such as those involving federal agency impersonation or air duct cleaning.
The CAFC said on its website as of March 31, it had received 18,645 reports of fraud totalling $133.7 million in losses this year.
TORONTO - A new study suggests there's been an uptick in phone scams in Canada, such as those involving federal agency impersonation or air duct cleaning.
Spam calls made up 18.3 per cent of calls from unrecognized numbers in Canada, the report found, with 6.3 per cent of them considered fraud.
The CAFC said on its website as of March 31, it had received 18,645 reports of fraud totalling $133.7 million in losses this year.