The FACT Campaign: Fraud Awareness for Commercial Targets

Providing businesses and not-for-profit organizations with the "Facts" necessary to avoid becoming victims of fraud

Message from the Commissioner of Competition

Every day millions of organizations across Canada are answering the phone, accepting deliveries, and paying their invoices. But amazingly, some of those seemingly innocuous actions are trapping them into incredible scams, being perpetrated by surprisingly aggressive, professional fraudsters. Some victims are large corporations, some are small businesses, some are charities, some are not-for-profits like schools and hospitals. The big problem is that in 95% of cases, victims don’t ever report it, and many don’t even know it’s happened to them. At the Competition Bureau, we know that the only way you can avoid falling prey to fraud is to learn about it, and build processes to stop it. So please, spend some time in this Web site, download the self-guided learning tools, and protect your organization, starting now.

Sheridan Scott

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Criminals know how to appear as organized, courteous and professional as your organization does. Why? Because they know that the secret to fooling you is to gain your trust and appear above reproach. It’s that apparent legitimacy that makes thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations fall prey to scams every year, ordering goods – often repeatedly – from fraudulent vendors and then paying invoices for services that are never rendered.

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FACT Content: Here are the "Facts" on Fraud

Read About Scam Techniques	Read Examples of Phoney Telemarketing         Calls
What Makes Your Organization         Vulnerable	See a Phoney Invoice
Spot Phoney Emails	Read a Telemarketing Scam Script
Read Victim Stories	Building an Anti-fraud Plan
Train Your Staff to Stop Fraud	Report a Possible Scam
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