Scam and Fraud
How do I report Internet, email or telephone scams and fraud?
If you or someone you know has been the target of a telephone, Internet, email or other type of scam and gave personal or financial information by mistake, you should:
Contact Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre/Toll-free: 1-888-495-8501
If you get a suspicious immigration call, you should:
- Ask for the name of the person calling and then hang up.
- Call IRCC Call Centre to confirm that the call was real.
- If the call wasn’t real, report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
- If you have lost money to a scam artist, report it to your local police.
If you get a suspicious call about taxes, you should:
- Hang up, then confirm if the call was real by calling the Canada Revenue Agency at 1-800-959-8281.
- If the call wasn’t real, report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
- If you have lost money to a scam artist, report it to your local police.