Crooks mimic messages from bankBrenda and Fernando Afonso learned the hard way how sophisticated these scammers are. Then fraudsters sent messages that looked like they were from InfoAlerts to get into their bank account. (CBC)The fraudsters used the information they had obtained to clean out the $3,000 in the Afonsos' bank account. The Afonsos thought bank insurance would cover their loss, but they were told Scotiabank would not be replacing the money because they had willingly given out their banking information. Password request sent to SCENE membersBut the situation gets fuzzy for consumers in light of a recent email sent to Scotiabank customers.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2017 10:12 UTC