March marks Fraud Prevention Month in Alberta

This month Alberta RCMP and the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Associations (ACCPA) are putting their focus on fraud prevention.

Each week the campaign will get a new ‘theme’ emphasizing safe online practices, and how these fraudulent scams affect their community.

Alberta RCMP Provincial Economic Crime Team, Corporal Sean Milne said in a release, ” Scammers will try every trick in the book to convince a target that their request is legitimate.”

This week the ACCPA and RCMP are highlighting online scams and fraud, which include; romance scams, phishing emails, job scams, buy and sell fraud, lottery or prize scams, tech repair scams, and impersonation scams.