Canadians have lost more than $1.2 million in recent weeks to scammers taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBC News has learned. Jeff Thomson of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre said the centre has received 739 reports since March 6 of attempts to defraud Canadians with scams related to the pandemic. - Etienne Biram, CRA spokespersonThe Canadian Centre for Cyber Security is also seeing attempts to scam Canadians over COVID-19. Con artists are upping their gameOther countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, are also getting hit with COVID-19 scams. It said Canadians should be vigilant about scams and report them to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2020 07:52 UTC